Guntown vs Verona

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

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

Verona has the higher population (2,782 vs 2,174 in Guntown). Guntown has the higher median household income ($72,292 vs $44,018 in Verona). Guntown has the higher median home value ($167,600 vs $113,900 in Verona).

Population, income & housing

	Guntown	Verona
Population	2,174	2,782
Median age	34.1 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,292	$44,018
Median home value	$167,600	$113,900
Median gross rent	$1,103	$973
Housing units	741	1,275
Homeownership rate	75.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guntown	Verona
Population	2,725 → 2,174 (-20.2%)	3,141 → 2,782 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$63,056 → $72,292 (+14.6%)	$30,621 → $44,018 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $167,600 (+24.6%)	$75,100 → $113,900 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,103 (+20.9%)	$667 → $973 (+45.9%)

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

Verona

Population

3,1412,782

Median household income

$30,621$44,018

Median home value

$75,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$667$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guntown	Verona
Under 5	5.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	28.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	13.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	25.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	5.1%
75 and over	2.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guntown	Verona
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	10.4%
Black or African American	22.1%	84.3%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guntown	Verona
No high school diploma	6.7%	25.5%
High school graduate	35.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guntown	Verona
Drove alone	91.3%	87.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guntown	Verona
1-unit, detached	73.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	12.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Guntown	Verona
Poverty rate	6.8%	24.7%
Average household size	3.35	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	2002	1975