Picayune vs Poplarville

A side-by-side comparison of Picayune and Poplarville: population, income, housing, and more.

Picayune and Poplarville 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 2,814 in Poplarville). Poplarville has the higher median household income ($65,147 vs $37,270 in Picayune). Poplarville has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $146,500 in Picayune).

Population, income & housing

	Picayune	Poplarville
Population	11,839	2,814
Median age	39.3 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,270	$65,147
Median home value	$146,500	$164,500
Median gross rent	$907	$901
Housing units	5,384	858
Homeownership rate	63.1%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Picayune	Poplarville
Population	11,040 → 11,839 (+7.2%)	2,931 → 2,814 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$30,006 → $37,270 (+24.2%)	$33,045 → $65,147 (+97.1%)
Median home value	$110,100 → $146,500 (+33.1%)	$116,600 → $164,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $907 (+18.3%)	$545 → $901 (+65.3%)

Picayune

Population

11,04011,839

Median household income

$30,006$37,270

Median home value

$110,100$146,500

Median gross rent

$767$907

Poplarville

Population

2,9312,814

Median household income

$33,045$65,147

Median home value

$116,600$164,500

Median gross rent

$545$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Picayune	Poplarville
Under 5	5.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	32.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	7.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	4.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Picayune	Poplarville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.8%	57.4%
Black or African American	39.1%	37.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Picayune	Poplarville
No high school diploma	12.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	39.1%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Picayune	Poplarville
Drove alone	79.8%	91.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.3%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Picayune	Poplarville
1-unit, detached	68.7%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Picayune	Poplarville
Poverty rate	25.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.68	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1977	1976