Pontotoc vs Thaxton

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

Pontotoc and Thaxton 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 650 in Thaxton). Thaxton has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $50,230 in Pontotoc). Thaxton has the higher median home value ($208,500 vs $144,300 in Pontotoc).

Population, income & housing

	Pontotoc	Thaxton
Population	5,717	650
Median age	33.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,230	$81,250
Median home value	$144,300	$208,500
Median gross rent	$830	$788
Housing units	2,327	347
Homeownership rate	47.8%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pontotoc	Thaxton
Population	6,015 → 5,717 (-5.0%)	749 → 650 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$49,063 → $50,230 (+2.4%)	$54,063 → $81,250 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $144,300 (+12.6%)	$154,000 → $208,500 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $830 (+16.2%)	$850 → $788 (-7.3%)

Pontotoc

Population

6,0155,717

Median household income

$49,063$50,230

Median home value

$128,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$714$830

Thaxton

Population

749650

Median household income

$54,063$81,250

Median home value

$154,000$208,500

Median gross rent

$850$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pontotoc	Thaxton
Under 5	4.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	24.4%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	16.5%
75 and over	7.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pontotoc	Thaxton
White (non-Hispanic)	46.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	26.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pontotoc	Thaxton
No high school diploma	16.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pontotoc	Thaxton
Drove alone	83.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.2%
Other means	3.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pontotoc	Thaxton
1-unit, detached	78.6%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Pontotoc	Thaxton
Poverty rate	18.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.81	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1968	1992