Lumberton vs West Hattiesburg

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

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

West Hattiesburg has the higher population (6,509 vs 1,515 in Lumberton). Lumberton has the higher median household income ($40,050 vs $38,269 in West Hattiesburg). West Hattiesburg has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $78,000 in Lumberton).

Population, income & housing

	Lumberton	West Hattiesburg
Population	1,515	6,509
Median age	36.7 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,050	$38,269
Median home value	$78,000	$209,100
Median gross rent	$832	$1,014
Housing units	862	2,663
Homeownership rate	44.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumberton	West Hattiesburg
Population	1,882 → 1,515 (-19.5%)	6,352 → 6,509 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$21,195 → $40,050 (+89.0%)	$40,433 → $38,269 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $78,000 (+0.8%)	$144,400 → $209,100 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $832 (+50.2%)	$843 → $1,014 (+20.3%)

Lumberton

Population

1,8821,515

Median household income

$21,195$40,050

Median home value

$77,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$554$832

West Hattiesburg

Population

6,3526,509

Median household income

$40,433$38,269

Median home value

$144,400$209,100

Median gross rent

$843$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumberton	West Hattiesburg
Under 5	4.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.8%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	21.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	7.9%	5.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumberton	West Hattiesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	23.8%	27.3%
Black or African American	73.4%	51.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumberton	West Hattiesburg
No high school diploma	11.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumberton	West Hattiesburg
Drove alone	89.1%	71.5%
Carpooled	0.7%	11.2%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.5%
Other means	5.8%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumberton	West Hattiesburg
1-unit, detached	79.7%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	26.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Lumberton	West Hattiesburg
Poverty rate	37.9%	37.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1975	1988