Byhalia vs Potts Camp

A side-by-side comparison of Byhalia and Potts Camp: population, income, housing, and more.

Byhalia and Potts Camp 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 435 in Potts Camp). Potts Camp has the higher median household income ($49,722 vs $37,813 in Byhalia). Byhalia has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $93,300 in Potts Camp).

Population, income & housing

	Byhalia	Potts Camp
Population	1,935	435
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,813	$49,722
Median home value	$111,300	$93,300
Median gross rent	$641	$771
Housing units	791	195
Homeownership rate	55.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byhalia	Potts Camp
Population	1,660 → 1,935 (+16.6%)	609 → 435 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$28,008 → $37,813 (+35.0%)	$21,875 → $49,722 (+127.3%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $111,300 (-14.9%)	$76,500 → $93,300 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $641 (+15.5%)	$738 → $771 (+4.5%)

Byhalia

Population

1,6601,935

Median household income

$28,008$37,813

Median home value

$130,800$111,300

Median gross rent

$555$641

Potts Camp

Population

609435

Median household income

$21,875$49,722

Median home value

$76,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$738$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byhalia	Potts Camp
Under 5	5.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	26.1%	27.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	17.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	12.2%
75 and over	4.8%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byhalia	Potts Camp
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	65.7%
Black or African American	39.7%	23.2%
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	2.5%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byhalia	Potts Camp
No high school diploma	32.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byhalia	Potts Camp
Drove alone	81.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.8%
Other means	3.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byhalia	Potts Camp
1-unit, detached	59.9%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	6.2%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Byhalia	Potts Camp
Poverty rate	37.5%	25.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1984	1972