Greenwood vs Itta Bena

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Itta Bena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwood has the higher population (13,983 vs 1,735 in Itta Bena). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($34,659 vs $32,898 in Itta Bena). Itta Bena has the higher median home value ($100,200 vs $98,500 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Itta Bena
Population	13,983	1,735
Median age	35.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,659	$32,898
Median home value	$98,500	$100,200
Median gross rent	$743	$548
Housing units	6,692	912
Homeownership rate	54.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Itta Bena
Population	14,040 → 13,983 (-0.4%)	1,544 → 1,735 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$26,965 → $34,659 (+28.5%)	$17,210 → $32,898 (+91.2%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $98,500 (+12.1%)	$55,200 → $100,200 (+81.5%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $743 (+29.9%)	$582 → $548 (-5.8%)

Greenwood

Population

14,04013,983

Median household income

$26,965$34,659

Median home value

$87,900$98,500

Median gross rent

$572$743

Itta Bena

Population

1,5441,735

Median household income

$17,210$32,898

Median home value

$55,200$100,200

Median gross rent

$582$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Itta Bena
Under 5	7.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	9.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	15.1%
75 and over	6.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Itta Bena
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	7.1%
Black or African American	70.6%	91.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Itta Bena
No high school diploma	16.5%	14.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Itta Bena
Drove alone	86.3%	87.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Itta Bena
1-unit, detached	72.0%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Itta Bena
Poverty rate	28.0%	29.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1970	1977