Marietta vs Wheeler

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

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

Wheeler has the higher population (556 vs 159 in Marietta). Wheeler has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $104,200 in Marietta). Since 2019, Wheeler's population has grown faster (+36.6% vs -21.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Marietta	Wheeler
Population	159	556
Median age	46.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	—
Median home value	$104,200	$181,300
Median gross rent	$350	—
Housing units	77	213
Homeownership rate	83.6%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marietta	Wheeler
Population	202 → 159 (-21.3%)	407 → 556 (+36.6%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $58,750 (+14.6%)	—
Median home value	$78,900 → $104,200 (+32.1%)	$155,500 → $181,300 (+16.6%)
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

Wheeler

Population

407556

Median home value

$155,500$181,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marietta	Wheeler
Under 5	1.3%	13.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	5.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	23.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	18.5%
45 to 54	30.2%	24.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	0.0%
75 and over	6.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marietta	Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	86.7%
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%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marietta	Wheeler
No high school diploma	12.7%	20.5%
High school graduate	39.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marietta	Wheeler
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	Wheeler
1-unit, detached	80.5%	42.3%
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%	57.7%

Poverty & households

	Marietta	Wheeler
Poverty rate	10.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1981	1983