Batesville vs Como

A side-by-side comparison of Batesville and Como: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Batesville has the higher population (7,432 vs 1,464 in Como). Batesville has the higher median household income ($46,492 vs $21,865 in Como). Batesville has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $162,500 in Como).

Population, income & housing

	Batesville	Como
Population	7,432	1,464
Median age	34.0 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,492	$21,865
Median home value	$190,800	$162,500
Median gross rent	$902	$775
Housing units	3,050	661
Homeownership rate	56.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	36.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batesville	Como
Population	7,245 → 7,432 (+2.6%)	1,390 → 1,464 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$48,175 → $46,492 (-3.5%)	$25,400 → $21,865 (-13.9%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $190,800 (+39.9%)	$134,200 → $162,500 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $902 (+18.2%)	$600 → $775 (+29.2%)

Batesville

Population

7,2457,432

Median household income

$48,175$46,492

Median home value

$136,400$190,800

Median gross rent

$763$902

Como

Population

1,3901,464

Median household income

$25,400$21,865

Median home value

$134,200$162,500

Median gross rent

$600$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batesville	Como
Under 5	7.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	25.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	19.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	3.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	14.1%
75 and over	6.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batesville	Como
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	15.6%
Black or African American	54.2%	75.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batesville	Como
No high school diploma	10.0%	28.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batesville	Como
Drove alone	83.6%	93.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batesville	Como
1-unit, detached	75.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	30.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Batesville	Como
Poverty rate	24.1%	25.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1983	1978