Byhalia vs Mount Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of Byhalia and Mount Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Byhalia has the higher population (1,935 vs 372 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($46,838 vs $37,813 in Byhalia). Since 2019, Mount Pleasant's population has grown faster (+32.4% vs +16.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Byhalia	Mount Pleasant
Population	1,935	372
Median age	36.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,813	$46,838
Median home value	$111,300	—
Median gross rent	$641	—
Housing units	791	142
Homeownership rate	55.3%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byhalia	Mount Pleasant
Population	1,660 → 1,935 (+16.6%)	281 → 372 (+32.4%)
Median household income	$28,008 → $37,813 (+35.0%)	$41,964 → $46,838 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $111,300 (-14.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$555 → $641 (+15.5%)	—

Byhalia

Population

1,6601,935

Median household income

$28,008$37,813

Median home value

$130,800$111,300

Median gross rent

$555$641

Mount Pleasant

Population

281372

Median household income

$41,964$46,838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byhalia	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.1%	24.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	5.1%
75 and over	4.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byhalia	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	39.7%	0.0%
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	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byhalia	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	32.7%	35.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byhalia	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	81.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byhalia	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	59.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Byhalia	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	37.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1984	1984