Batesville vs Sardis

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

Batesville and Sardis 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 2,525 in Sardis). Batesville has the higher median household income ($46,492 vs $32,134 in Sardis). Batesville has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $72,100 in Sardis).

Population, income & housing

	Batesville	Sardis
Population	7,432	2,525
Median age	34.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,492	$32,134
Median home value	$190,800	$72,100
Median gross rent	$902	$716
Housing units	3,050	1,055
Homeownership rate	56.9%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batesville	Sardis
Population	7,245 → 7,432 (+2.6%)	1,870 → 2,525 (+35.0%)
Median household income	$48,175 → $46,492 (-3.5%)	$37,500 → $32,134 (-14.3%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $190,800 (+39.9%)	$71,900 → $72,100 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $902 (+18.2%)	$628 → $716 (+14.0%)

Batesville

Population

7,2457,432

Median household income

$48,175$46,492

Median home value

$136,400$190,800

Median gross rent

$763$902

Sardis

Population

1,8702,525

Median household income

$37,500$32,134

Median home value

$71,900$72,100

Median gross rent

$628$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batesville	Sardis
Under 5	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.9%
75 and over	6.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batesville	Sardis
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	39.0%
Black or African American	54.2%	54.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batesville	Sardis
No high school diploma	10.0%	26.7%
High school graduate	30.6%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batesville	Sardis
Drove alone	83.6%	88.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batesville	Sardis
1-unit, detached	75.5%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Batesville	Sardis
Poverty rate	24.1%	37.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1983	1963