Philadelphia vs Tucker

A side-by-side comparison of Philadelphia and Tucker: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Philadelphia has the higher population (7,030 vs 497 in Tucker). Tucker has the higher median household income ($66,417 vs $36,781 in Philadelphia). Since 2019, Philadelphia's population has grown faster (-2.6% vs -32.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Philadelphia	Tucker
Population	7,030	497
Median age	41.8 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,781	$66,417
Median home value	$95,600	—
Median gross rent	$760	—
Housing units	3,206	133
Homeownership rate	65.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Philadelphia	Tucker
Population	7,218 → 7,030 (-2.6%)	731 → 497 (-32.0%)
Median household income	$32,818 → $36,781 (+12.1%)	—
Median home value	$80,600 → $95,600 (+18.6%)	$74,600 → $58,200 (-22.0%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $760 (+0.7%)	—

Philadelphia

Population

7,2187,030

Median household income

$32,818$36,781

Median home value

$80,600$95,600

Median gross rent

$755$760

Tucker

Population

731497

Median home value

$74,600$58,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Philadelphia	Tucker
Under 5	5.7%	11.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	27.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	17.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	19.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	0.0%
75 and over	5.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Philadelphia	Tucker
White (non-Hispanic)	39.7%	1.0%
Black or African American	55.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	99.0%
Asian	0.8%	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	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Philadelphia	Tucker
No high school diploma	16.5%	32.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Philadelphia	Tucker
Drove alone	73.4%	16.9%
Carpooled	12.7%	83.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Philadelphia	Tucker
1-unit, detached	79.5%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Philadelphia	Tucker
Poverty rate	32.2%	46.7%
Average household size	2.42	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1972	1993