Guntown vs Tupelo

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

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

Tupelo has the higher population (37,825 vs 2,174 in Guntown). Guntown has the higher median household income ($72,292 vs $66,314 in Tupelo). Tupelo has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $167,600 in Guntown).

Population, income & housing

	Guntown	Tupelo
Population	2,174	37,825
Median age	34.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,292	$66,314
Median home value	$167,600	$201,300
Median gross rent	$1,103	$940
Housing units	741	17,573
Homeownership rate	75.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guntown	Tupelo
Population	2,725 → 2,174 (-20.2%)	38,271 → 37,825 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$63,056 → $72,292 (+14.6%)	$50,694 → $66,314 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $167,600 (+24.6%)	$145,400 → $201,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,103 (+20.9%)	$790 → $940 (+19.0%)

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

Tupelo

Population

38,27137,825

Median household income

$50,694$66,314

Median home value

$145,400$201,300

Median gross rent

$790$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guntown	Tupelo
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	28.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	18.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.2%
75 and over	2.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guntown	Tupelo
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	52.2%
Black or African American	22.1%	38.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guntown	Tupelo
No high school diploma	6.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guntown	Tupelo
Drove alone	91.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guntown	Tupelo
1-unit, detached	73.4%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Guntown	Tupelo
Poverty rate	6.8%	13.8%
Average household size	3.35	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	2002	1982