Guntown vs Nettleton

A side-by-side comparison of Guntown and Nettleton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guntown has the higher population (2,174 vs 2,023 in Nettleton). Guntown has the higher median household income ($72,292 vs $44,178 in Nettleton). Guntown has the higher median home value ($167,600 vs $90,900 in Nettleton).

Population, income & housing

	Guntown	Nettleton
Population	2,174	2,023
Median age	34.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,292	$44,178
Median home value	$167,600	$90,900
Median gross rent	$1,103	$809
Housing units	741	890
Homeownership rate	75.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guntown	Nettleton
Population	2,725 → 2,174 (-20.2%)	2,293 → 2,023 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$63,056 → $72,292 (+14.6%)	$36,672 → $44,178 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $167,600 (+24.6%)	$69,700 → $90,900 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,103 (+20.9%)	$624 → $809 (+29.6%)

Guntown

Population

2,7252,174

Median household income

$63,056$72,292

Median home value

$134,500$167,600

Median gross rent

$912$1,103

Nettleton

Population

2,2932,023

Median household income

$36,672$44,178

Median home value

$69,700$90,900

Median gross rent

$624$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guntown	Nettleton
Under 5	5.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	28.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	18.6%	19.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	17.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.8%
75 and over	2.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guntown	Nettleton
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	64.8%
Black or African American	22.1%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guntown	Nettleton
No high school diploma	6.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	35.0%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guntown	Nettleton
Drove alone	91.3%	86.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guntown	Nettleton
1-unit, detached	73.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Guntown	Nettleton
Poverty rate	6.8%	13.8%
Average household size	3.35	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	2002	1983