Lumberton vs Purvis

A side-by-side comparison of Lumberton and Purvis: population, income, housing, and more.

Lumberton and Purvis are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Purvis has the higher population (1,691 vs 1,515 in Lumberton). Lumberton has the higher median household income ($40,050 vs $34,688 in Purvis). Purvis has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $78,000 in Lumberton).

Population, income & housing

	Lumberton	Purvis
Population	1,515	1,691
Median age	36.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,050	$34,688
Median home value	$78,000	$122,500
Median gross rent	$832	$862
Housing units	862	771
Homeownership rate	44.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumberton	Purvis
Population	1,882 → 1,515 (-19.5%)	2,406 → 1,691 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$21,195 → $40,050 (+89.0%)	$28,136 → $34,688 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $78,000 (+0.8%)	$109,400 → $122,500 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $832 (+50.2%)	$749 → $862 (+15.1%)

Lumberton

Population

1,8821,515

Median household income

$21,195$40,050

Median home value

$77,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$554$832

Purvis

Population

2,4061,691

Median household income

$28,136$34,688

Median home value

$109,400$122,500

Median gross rent

$749$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumberton	Purvis
Under 5	4.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	21.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	7.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.6%
75 and over	6.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumberton	Purvis
White (non-Hispanic)	23.8%	74.3%
Black or African American	73.4%	21.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumberton	Purvis
No high school diploma	11.7%	19.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumberton	Purvis
Drove alone	89.1%	92.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	3.6%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.7%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumberton	Purvis
1-unit, detached	79.7%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lumberton	Purvis
Poverty rate	37.9%	29.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1975	1974