Starkville vs Sturgis

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

Starkville and Sturgis 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 128 in Sturgis). Sturgis has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $39,751 in Starkville). Starkville has the higher median home value ($265,900 vs $111,400 in Sturgis).

Population, income & housing

	Starkville	Sturgis
Population	25,611	128
Median age	26.3 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,751	$57,500
Median home value	$265,900	$111,400
Median gross rent	$875	$1,054
Housing units	14,434	89
Homeownership rate	35.9%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Starkville	Sturgis
Population	25,387 → 25,611 (+0.9%)	166 → 128 (-22.9%)
Median household income	$35,048 → $39,751 (+13.4%)	$52,500 → $57,500 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$176,900 → $265,900 (+50.3%)	$93,800 → $111,400 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $875 (+12.8%)	$625 → $1,054 (+68.6%)

Starkville

Population

25,38725,611

Median household income

$35,048$39,751

Median home value

$176,900$265,900

Median gross rent

$776$875

Sturgis

Population

166128

Median household income

$52,500$57,500

Median home value

$93,800$111,400

Median gross rent

$625$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Starkville	Sturgis
Under 5	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	3.9%
18 to 24	28.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	21.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.2%	23.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.2%
75 and over	5.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Starkville	Sturgis
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	95.3%
Black or African American	31.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Starkville	Sturgis
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	20.1%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Starkville	Sturgis
Drove alone	82.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Starkville	Sturgis
1-unit, detached	43.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Starkville	Sturgis
Poverty rate	32.5%	21.9%
Average household size	2.07	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1989	1967