Marietta vs New Site

A side-by-side comparison of Marietta and New Site: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Site has the higher population (226 vs 159 in Marietta). New Site has the higher median home value ($148,500 vs $104,200 in Marietta). Since 2019, New Site's population has grown faster (+68.7% vs -21.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Marietta	New Site
Population	159	226
Median age	46.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	—
Median home value	$104,200	$148,500
Median gross rent	$350	—
Housing units	77	82
Homeownership rate	83.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marietta	New Site
Population	202 → 159 (-21.3%)	134 → 226 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $58,750 (+14.6%)	—
Median home value	$78,900 → $104,200 (+32.1%)	$212,500 → $148,500 (-30.1%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $350 (-44.0%)	—

Marietta

Population

202159

Median household income

$51,250$58,750

Median home value

$78,900$104,200

Median gross rent

$625$350

New Site

Population

134226

Median home value

$212,500$148,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marietta	New Site
Under 5	1.3%	15.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	22.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.7%
45 to 54	30.2%	8.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	30.1%
75 and over	6.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marietta	New Site
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marietta	New Site
No high school diploma	12.7%	26.8%
High school graduate	39.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marietta	New Site
Drove alone	91.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marietta	New Site
1-unit, detached	80.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marietta	New Site
Poverty rate	10.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.37	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1981	1987