Tupelo vs Verona

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

Tupelo and Verona 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 2,782 in Verona). Tupelo has the higher median household income ($66,314 vs $44,018 in Verona). Tupelo has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $113,900 in Verona).

Population, income & housing

	Tupelo	Verona
Population	37,825	2,782
Median age	38.4 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,314	$44,018
Median home value	$201,300	$113,900
Median gross rent	$940	$973
Housing units	17,573	1,275
Homeownership rate	62.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tupelo	Verona
Population	38,271 → 37,825 (-1.2%)	3,141 → 2,782 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$50,694 → $66,314 (+30.8%)	$30,621 → $44,018 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$145,400 → $201,300 (+38.4%)	$75,100 → $113,900 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $940 (+19.0%)	$667 → $973 (+45.9%)

Tupelo

Population

38,27137,825

Median household income

$50,694$66,314

Median home value

$145,400$201,300

Median gross rent

$790$940

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)

	Tupelo	Verona
Under 5	6.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	13.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	25.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.1%
75 and over	7.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tupelo	Verona
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	10.4%
Black or African American	38.2%	84.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tupelo	Verona
No high school diploma	10.2%	25.5%
High school graduate	23.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tupelo	Verona
Drove alone	86.7%	87.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tupelo	Verona
1-unit, detached	68.6%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	12.9%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Tupelo	Verona
Poverty rate	13.8%	24.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1982	1975