Guntown vs Saltillo

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

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

Saltillo has the higher population (4,962 vs 2,174 in Guntown). Saltillo has the higher median household income ($84,063 vs $72,292 in Guntown). Saltillo has the higher median home value ($200,800 vs $167,600 in Guntown).

Population, income & housing

	Guntown	Saltillo
Population	2,174	4,962
Median age	34.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,292	$84,063
Median home value	$167,600	$200,800
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,195
Housing units	741	2,140
Homeownership rate	75.3%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guntown	Saltillo
Population	2,725 → 2,174 (-20.2%)	5,009 → 4,962 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$63,056 → $72,292 (+14.6%)	$61,198 → $84,063 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $167,600 (+24.6%)	$129,100 → $200,800 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,103 (+20.9%)	$769 → $1,195 (+55.4%)

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

Saltillo

Population

5,0094,962

Median household income

$61,198$84,063

Median home value

$129,100$200,800

Median gross rent

$769$1,195

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guntown	Saltillo
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	28.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	23.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.1%	12.6%
75 and over	2.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guntown	Saltillo
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	82.2%
Black or African American	22.1%	12.9%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guntown	Saltillo
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guntown	Saltillo
Drove alone	91.3%	90.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guntown	Saltillo
1-unit, detached	73.4%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Guntown	Saltillo
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.3%
Average household size	3.35	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	2002	2000