Purvis vs Sumrall

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

Purvis 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 1,691 in Purvis). Sumrall has the higher median household income ($72,348 vs $34,688 in Purvis). Sumrall has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $122,500 in Purvis).

Population, income & housing

	Purvis	Sumrall
Population	1,691	2,112
Median age	32.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,688	$72,348
Median home value	$122,500	$214,900
Median gross rent	$862	$844
Housing units	771	798
Homeownership rate	62.1%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Purvis	Sumrall
Population	2,406 → 1,691 (-29.7%)	1,920 → 2,112 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$28,136 → $34,688 (+23.3%)	$62,900 → $72,348 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $122,500 (+12.0%)	$171,000 → $214,900 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $862 (+15.1%)	$790 → $844 (+6.8%)

Purvis

Population

2,4061,691

Median household income

$28,136$34,688

Median home value

$109,400$122,500

Median gross rent

$749$862

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)

	Purvis	Sumrall
Under 5	8.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	24.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	22.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.8%
75 and over	7.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Purvis	Sumrall
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	81.4%
Black or African American	21.3%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Purvis	Sumrall
No high school diploma	19.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Purvis	Sumrall
Drove alone	92.4%	91.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Purvis	Sumrall
1-unit, detached	83.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Purvis	Sumrall
Poverty rate	29.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1974	2001