Maben vs Starkville

A side-by-side comparison of Maben and Starkville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Starkville has the higher population (25,611 vs 1,435 in Maben). Starkville has the higher median household income ($39,751 vs $28,816 in Maben). Starkville has the higher median home value ($265,900 vs $72,200 in Maben).

Population, income & housing

	Maben	Starkville
Population	1,435	25,611
Median age	22.2 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,816	$39,751
Median home value	$72,200	$265,900
Median gross rent	$533	$875
Housing units	541	14,434
Homeownership rate	30.6%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maben	Starkville
Population	675 → 1,435 (+112.6%)	25,387 → 25,611 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$22,143 → $28,816 (+30.1%)	$35,048 → $39,751 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $72,200 (-2.6%)	$176,900 → $265,900 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $533 (-19.1%)	$776 → $875 (+12.8%)

Maben

Population

6751,435

Median household income

$22,143$28,816

Median home value

$74,100$72,200

Median gross rent

$659$533

Starkville

Population

25,38725,611

Median household income

$35,048$39,751

Median home value

$176,900$265,900

Median gross rent

$776$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maben	Starkville
Under 5	24.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	11.5%	28.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	5.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	3.6%	5.9%
75 and over	3.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maben	Starkville
White (non-Hispanic)	21.3%	58.9%
Black or African American	52.8%	31.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	19.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maben	Starkville
No high school diploma	20.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	54.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maben	Starkville
Drove alone	63.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maben	Starkville
1-unit, detached	59.5%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	20.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Maben	Starkville
Poverty rate	32.1%	32.5%
Average household size	3.16	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1970	1989