Bogue Chitto vs Brookhaven

A side-by-side comparison of Bogue Chitto and Brookhaven: population, income, housing, and more.

Bogue Chitto and Brookhaven are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookhaven has the higher population (11,656 vs 297 in Bogue Chitto). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($111,500 vs $20,400 in Bogue Chitto). Since 2019, Bogue Chitto's population has grown faster (+19.3% vs -3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bogue Chitto	Brookhaven
Population	297	11,656
Median age	40.1 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,269
Median home value	$20,400	$111,500
Median gross rent	—	$736
Housing units	236	5,594
Homeownership rate	92.2%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bogue Chitto	Brookhaven
Population	249 → 297 (+19.3%)	12,115 → 11,656 (-3.8%)
Median household income	—	$32,331 → $36,269 (+12.2%)
Median home value	—	$100,300 → $111,500 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$720 → $736 (+2.2%)

Bogue Chitto

Population

249297

Brookhaven

Population

12,11511,656

Median household income

$32,331$36,269

Median home value

$100,300$111,500

Median gross rent

$720$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bogue Chitto	Brookhaven
Under 5	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	30.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	34.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	6.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	21.2%	10.6%
75 and over	0.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bogue Chitto	Brookhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	42.7%
Black or African American	22.9%	53.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bogue Chitto	Brookhaven
No high school diploma	9.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	33.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bogue Chitto	Brookhaven
Drove alone	96.4%	88.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bogue Chitto	Brookhaven
1-unit, detached	63.6%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	36.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Bogue Chitto	Brookhaven
Poverty rate	4.7%	27.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1987	1975