Lumberton vs Sumrall

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

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

Sumrall has the higher population (2,112 vs 1,515 in Lumberton). Sumrall has the higher median household income ($72,348 vs $40,050 in Lumberton). Sumrall has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $78,000 in Lumberton).

Population, income & housing

	Lumberton	Sumrall
Population	1,515	2,112
Median age	36.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,050	$72,348
Median home value	$78,000	$214,900
Median gross rent	$832	$844
Housing units	862	798
Homeownership rate	44.5%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumberton	Sumrall
Population	1,882 → 1,515 (-19.5%)	1,920 → 2,112 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$21,195 → $40,050 (+89.0%)	$62,900 → $72,348 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $78,000 (+0.8%)	$171,000 → $214,900 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $832 (+50.2%)	$790 → $844 (+6.8%)

Lumberton

Population

1,8821,515

Median household income

$21,195$40,050

Median home value

$77,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$554$832

Sumrall

Population

1,9202,112

Median household income

$62,900$72,348

Median home value

$171,000$214,900

Median gross rent

$790$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumberton	Sumrall
Under 5	4.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	24.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	21.6%	22.3%
55 to 64	7.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	4.8%
75 and over	6.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumberton	Sumrall
White (non-Hispanic)	23.8%	81.4%
Black or African American	73.4%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumberton	Sumrall
No high school diploma	11.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumberton	Sumrall
Drove alone	89.1%	91.6%
Carpooled	0.7%	4.1%
Public transit	2.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	1.4%
Other means	5.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumberton	Sumrall
1-unit, detached	79.7%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Lumberton	Sumrall
Poverty rate	37.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1975	2001