Lena vs Redwater

A side-by-side comparison of Lena and Redwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Redwater has the higher population (671 vs 144 in Lena). Lena has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $60,333 in Redwater). Redwater has the higher median home value ($128,200 vs $116,700 in Lena).

Population, income & housing

	Lena	Redwater
Population	144	671
Median age	45.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$60,333
Median home value	$116,700	$128,200
Median gross rent	—	$569
Housing units	68	290
Homeownership rate	98.0%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	26.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lena	Redwater
Population	151 → 144 (-4.6%)	642 → 671 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$67,875 → $93,750 (+38.1%)	$26,179 → $60,333 (+130.5%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $116,700 (+61.0%)	$63,100 → $128,200 (+103.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$463 → $569 (+22.9%)

Lena

Population

151144

Median household income

$67,875$93,750

Median home value

$72,500$116,700

Redwater

Population

642671

Median household income

$26,179$60,333

Median home value

$63,100$128,200

Median gross rent

$463$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lena	Redwater
Under 5	3.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	34.7%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	3.5%	25.0%
45 to 54	20.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	1.6%
75 and over	1.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lena	Redwater
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	72.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lena	Redwater
No high school diploma	13.6%	16.4%
High school graduate	11.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lena	Redwater
Drove alone	67.1%	58.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.8%
Public transit	5.3%	10.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	0.0%
Other means	9.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lena	Redwater
1-unit, detached	94.1%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Lena	Redwater
Poverty rate	4.9%	75.7%
Average household size	2.82	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1976	2001