Crenshaw vs Sardis

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

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

Sardis has the higher population (2,525 vs 675 in Crenshaw). Crenshaw has the higher median household income ($36,542 vs $32,134 in Sardis). Crenshaw has the higher median home value ($81,900 vs $72,100 in Sardis).

Population, income & housing

	Crenshaw	Sardis
Population	675	2,525
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,542	$32,134
Median home value	$81,900	$72,100
Median gross rent	$824	$716
Housing units	385	1,055
Homeownership rate	55.4%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crenshaw	Sardis
Population	1,093 → 675 (-38.2%)	1,870 → 2,525 (+35.0%)
Median household income	$33,403 → $36,542 (+9.4%)	$37,500 → $32,134 (-14.3%)
Median home value	$50,200 → $81,900 (+63.1%)	$71,900 → $72,100 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $824 (+9.1%)	$628 → $716 (+14.0%)

Crenshaw

Population

1,093675

Median household income

$33,403$36,542

Median home value

$50,200$81,900

Median gross rent

$755$824

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)

	Crenshaw	Sardis
Under 5	10.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	5.9%	20.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.9%
75 and over	11.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crenshaw	Sardis
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	39.0%
Black or African American	76.9%	54.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crenshaw	Sardis
No high school diploma	18.4%	26.7%
High school graduate	45.7%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crenshaw	Sardis
Drove alone	86.3%	88.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crenshaw	Sardis
1-unit, detached	75.3%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Crenshaw	Sardis
Poverty rate	32.9%	37.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1968	1963