Algoma vs Pontotoc

A side-by-side comparison of Algoma and Pontotoc: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pontotoc has the higher population (5,717 vs 1,065 in Algoma). Algoma has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $50,230 in Pontotoc). Algoma has the higher median home value ($201,500 vs $144,300 in Pontotoc).

Population, income & housing

	Algoma	Pontotoc
Population	1,065	5,717
Median age	36.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$50,230
Median home value	$201,500	$144,300
Median gross rent	$910	$830
Housing units	473	2,327
Homeownership rate	84.2%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algoma	Pontotoc
Population	896 → 1,065 (+18.9%)	6,015 → 5,717 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $60,000 (+39.1%)	$49,063 → $50,230 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$171,000 → $201,500 (+17.8%)	$128,100 → $144,300 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $910 (+25.5%)	$714 → $830 (+16.2%)

Algoma

Population

8961,065

Median household income

$43,125$60,000

Median home value

$171,000$201,500

Median gross rent

$725$910

Pontotoc

Population

6,0155,717

Median household income

$49,063$50,230

Median home value

$128,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$714$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algoma	Pontotoc
Under 5	10.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.7%
75 and over	4.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algoma	Pontotoc
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	46.8%
Black or African American	6.8%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	7.2%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algoma	Pontotoc
No high school diploma	16.7%	16.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algoma	Pontotoc
Drove alone	83.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.6%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algoma	Pontotoc
1-unit, detached	61.3%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	38.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Algoma	Pontotoc
Poverty rate	13.4%	18.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1996	1968