Beaumont vs Richton

A side-by-side comparison of Beaumont and Richton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richton has the higher population (1,180 vs 917 in Beaumont). Beaumont has the higher median household income ($80,302 vs $35,568 in Richton). Beaumont has the higher median home value ($260,100 vs $137,600 in Richton).

Population, income & housing

	Beaumont	Richton
Population	917	1,180
Median age	42.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,302	$35,568
Median home value	$260,100	$137,600
Median gross rent	$338	—
Housing units	653	536
Homeownership rate	83.8%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaumont	Richton
Population	887 → 917 (+3.4%)	978 → 1,180 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$27,438 → $80,302 (+192.7%)	$30,446 → $35,568 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $260,100 (+266.9%)	$83,700 → $137,600 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $338 (-33.7%)	$306 → $306 (+0.0%)

Beaumont

Population

887917

Median household income

$27,438$80,302

Median home value

$70,900$260,100

Median gross rent

$510$338

Richton

Population

9781,180

Median household income

$30,446$35,568

Median home value

$83,700$137,600

Median gross rent

$306$306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaumont	Richton
Under 5	0.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	5.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	33.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	19.2%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.1%
75 and over	8.6%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaumont	Richton
White (non-Hispanic)	36.4%	69.7%
Black or African American	33.5%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaumont	Richton
No high school diploma	8.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaumont	Richton
Drove alone	38.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	57.4%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	4.2%	11.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaumont	Richton
1-unit, detached	76.7%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaumont	Richton
Poverty rate	17.8%	24.0%
Average household size	1.73	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	12	34
Median year structure built	2001	1974