Ecru vs Pontotoc

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

Ecru 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 1,566 in Ecru). Ecru has the higher median household income ($68,500 vs $50,230 in Pontotoc). Ecru has the higher median home value ($200,900 vs $144,300 in Pontotoc).

Population, income & housing

	Ecru	Pontotoc
Population	1,566	5,717
Median age	30.0 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,500	$50,230
Median home value	$200,900	$144,300
Median gross rent	$808	$830
Housing units	540	2,327
Homeownership rate	77.3%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ecru	Pontotoc
Population	1,531 → 1,566 (+2.3%)	6,015 → 5,717 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$45,243 → $68,500 (+51.4%)	$49,063 → $50,230 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $200,900 (+110.4%)	$128,100 → $144,300 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $808 (+28.7%)	$714 → $830 (+16.2%)

Ecru

Population

1,5311,566

Median household income

$45,243$68,500

Median home value

$95,500$200,900

Median gross rent

$628$808

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)

	Ecru	Pontotoc
Under 5	3.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	28.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	16.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.2%	8.7%
75 and over	3.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ecru	Pontotoc
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	46.8%
Black or African American	30.3%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ecru	Pontotoc
No high school diploma	23.0%	16.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ecru	Pontotoc
Drove alone	88.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ecru	Pontotoc
1-unit, detached	69.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Ecru	Pontotoc
Poverty rate	8.3%	18.4%
Average household size	3.36	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1995	1968