Nettleton vs Tupelo

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

Nettleton 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 2,023 in Nettleton). Tupelo has the higher median household income ($66,314 vs $44,178 in Nettleton). Tupelo has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $90,900 in Nettleton).

Population, income & housing

	Nettleton	Tupelo
Population	2,023	37,825
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,178	$66,314
Median home value	$90,900	$201,300
Median gross rent	$809	$940
Housing units	890	17,573
Homeownership rate	80.9%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nettleton	Tupelo
Population	2,293 → 2,023 (-11.8%)	38,271 → 37,825 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$36,672 → $44,178 (+20.5%)	$50,694 → $66,314 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $90,900 (+30.4%)	$145,400 → $201,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $809 (+29.6%)	$790 → $940 (+19.0%)

Nettleton

Population

2,2932,023

Median household income

$36,672$44,178

Median home value

$69,700$90,900

Median gross rent

$624$809

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)

	Nettleton	Tupelo
Under 5	2.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	19.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.2%
75 and over	7.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nettleton	Tupelo
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	52.2%
Black or African American	35.1%	38.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nettleton	Tupelo
No high school diploma	14.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	50.2%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nettleton	Tupelo
Drove alone	86.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nettleton	Tupelo
1-unit, detached	86.0%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Nettleton	Tupelo
Poverty rate	13.8%	13.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1983	1982