Byhalia vs Holly Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Byhalia and Holly Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Byhalia and Holly Springs are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Holly Springs has the higher population (6,861 vs 1,935 in Byhalia). Holly Springs has the higher median household income ($47,344 vs $37,813 in Byhalia). Byhalia has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $110,900 in Holly Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Byhalia	Holly Springs
Population	1,935	6,861
Median age	36.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,813	$47,344
Median home value	$111,300	$110,900
Median gross rent	$641	$754
Housing units	791	2,686
Homeownership rate	55.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byhalia	Holly Springs
Population	1,660 → 1,935 (+16.6%)	7,737 → 6,861 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$28,008 → $37,813 (+35.0%)	$27,190 → $47,344 (+74.1%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $111,300 (-14.9%)	$85,200 → $110,900 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $641 (+15.5%)	$674 → $754 (+11.9%)

Byhalia

Population

1,6601,935

Median household income

$28,008$37,813

Median home value

$130,800$111,300

Median gross rent

$555$641

Holly Springs

Population

7,7376,861

Median household income

$27,190$47,344

Median home value

$85,200$110,900

Median gross rent

$674$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byhalia	Holly Springs
Under 5	5.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	26.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.4%
75 and over	4.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byhalia	Holly Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	25.2%
Black or African American	39.7%	70.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byhalia	Holly Springs
No high school diploma	32.7%	16.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byhalia	Holly Springs
Drove alone	81.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	4.4%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byhalia	Holly Springs
1-unit, detached	59.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	9.1%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Byhalia	Holly Springs
Poverty rate	37.5%	24.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1984	1977