Itta Bena vs Sidon

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

Itta Bena and Sidon 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 133 in Sidon). Itta Bena has the higher median household income ($32,898 vs $15,000 in Sidon). Itta Bena has the higher median home value ($100,200 vs $80,000 in Sidon).

Population, income & housing

	Itta Bena	Sidon
Population	1,735	133
Median age	43.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,898	$15,000
Median home value	$100,200	$80,000
Median gross rent	$548	—
Housing units	912	124
Homeownership rate	34.3%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	28.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Itta Bena	Sidon
Population	1,544 → 1,735 (+12.4%)	390 → 133 (-65.9%)
Median household income	$17,210 → $32,898 (+91.2%)	$14,583 → $15,000 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$55,200 → $100,200 (+81.5%)	$59,300 → $80,000 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $548 (-5.8%)	$650 → $767 (+18.0%)

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

Sidon

Population

390133

Median household income

$14,583$15,000

Median home value

$59,300$80,000

Median gross rent

$650$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Itta Bena	Sidon
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	8.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	37.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	12.0%
75 and over	5.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Itta Bena	Sidon
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	6.8%
Black or African American	91.6%	93.2%
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	Sidon
No high school diploma	14.9%	33.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Itta Bena	Sidon
Drove alone	87.4%	93.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Itta Bena	Sidon
1-unit, detached	64.4%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Itta Bena	Sidon
Poverty rate	29.5%	24.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1977	1980