Itta Bena vs Schlater

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

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

Itta Bena has the higher population (1,735 vs 231 in Schlater). Schlater has the higher median household income ($65,066 vs $32,898 in Itta Bena). Itta Bena has the higher median home value ($100,200 vs $28,100 in Schlater).

Population, income & housing

	Itta Bena	Schlater
Population	1,735	231
Median age	43.0 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,898	$65,066
Median home value	$100,200	$28,100
Median gross rent	$548	—
Housing units	912	122
Homeownership rate	34.3%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	28.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Itta Bena	Schlater
Population	1,544 → 1,735 (+12.4%)	215 → 231 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$17,210 → $32,898 (+91.2%)	$19,688 → $65,066 (+230.5%)
Median home value	$55,200 → $100,200 (+81.5%)	$75,000 → $28,100 (-62.5%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $548 (-5.8%)	—

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

Schlater

Population

215231

Median household income

$19,688$65,066

Median home value

$75,000$28,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Itta Bena	Schlater
Under 5	6.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	9.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	17.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	7.8%
75 and over	5.6%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Itta Bena	Schlater
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	35.5%
Black or African American	91.6%	64.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Itta Bena	Schlater
No high school diploma	14.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Itta Bena	Schlater
Drove alone	87.4%	94.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Itta Bena	Schlater
1-unit, detached	64.4%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Itta Bena	Schlater
Poverty rate	29.5%	19.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1977	1971