Purvis vs West Hattiesburg

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

Purvis 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 1,691 in Purvis). West Hattiesburg has the higher median household income ($38,269 vs $34,688 in Purvis). West Hattiesburg has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $122,500 in Purvis).

Population, income & housing

	Purvis	West Hattiesburg
Population	1,691	6,509
Median age	32.5 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$34,688	$38,269
Median home value	$122,500	$209,100
Median gross rent	$862	$1,014
Housing units	771	2,663
Homeownership rate	62.1%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Purvis	West Hattiesburg
Population	2,406 → 1,691 (-29.7%)	6,352 → 6,509 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$28,136 → $34,688 (+23.3%)	$40,433 → $38,269 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $122,500 (+12.0%)	$144,400 → $209,100 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $862 (+15.1%)	$843 → $1,014 (+20.3%)

Purvis

Population

2,4061,691

Median household income

$28,136$34,688

Median home value

$109,400$122,500

Median gross rent

$749$862

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)

	Purvis	West Hattiesburg
Under 5	8.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	24.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	5.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.1%
75 and over	7.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Purvis	West Hattiesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	27.3%
Black or African American	21.3%	51.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Purvis	West Hattiesburg
No high school diploma	19.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	28.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Purvis	West Hattiesburg
Drove alone	92.4%	71.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Purvis	West Hattiesburg
1-unit, detached	83.9%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	26.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Purvis	West Hattiesburg
Poverty rate	29.0%	37.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1974	1988