Hide-A-Way Lake vs Picayune

A side-by-side comparison of Hide-A-Way Lake and Picayune: population, income, housing, and more.

Hide-A-Way Lake and Picayune are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Picayune has the higher population (11,839 vs 2,615 in Hide-A-Way Lake). Hide-A-Way Lake has the higher median household income ($70,333 vs $37,270 in Picayune). Hide-A-Way Lake has the higher median home value ($195,500 vs $146,500 in Picayune).

Population, income & housing

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Picayune
Population	2,615	11,839
Median age	43.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,333	$37,270
Median home value	$195,500	$146,500
Median gross rent	—	$907
Housing units	1,165	5,384
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Picayune
Population	2,392 → 2,615 (+9.3%)	11,040 → 11,839 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$100,300 → $70,333 (-29.9%)	$30,006 → $37,270 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $195,500 (+6.4%)	$110,100 → $146,500 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $907 (+18.3%)

Hide-A-Way Lake

Population

2,3922,615

Median household income

$100,300$70,333

Median home value

$183,800$195,500

Picayune

Population

11,04011,839

Median household income

$30,006$37,270

Median home value

$110,100$146,500

Median gross rent

$767$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Picayune
Under 5	3.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.8%
75 and over	17.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Picayune
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	52.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	39.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Picayune
No high school diploma	1.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Picayune
Drove alone	81.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Picayune
1-unit, detached	99.0%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Picayune
Poverty rate	3.6%	25.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1987	1977