Falcon vs Sledge

A side-by-side comparison of Falcon and Sledge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sledge has the higher population (327 vs 171 in Falcon). Sledge has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $56,300 in Falcon). Since 2019, Falcon's population has grown faster (+6.2% vs -28.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Falcon	Sledge
Population	171	327
Median age	34.2 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,688
Median home value	$56,300	$60,000
Median gross rent	$700	$741
Housing units	69	181
Homeownership rate	66.7%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falcon	Sledge
Population	161 → 171 (+6.2%)	457 → 327 (-28.4%)
Median household income	—	$30,795 → $47,688 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$33,800 → $56,300 (+66.6%)	$47,800 → $60,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $700 (-7.0%)	$696 → $741 (+6.5%)

Falcon

Population

161171

Median home value

$33,800$56,300

Median gross rent

$753$700

Sledge

Population

457327

Median household income

$30,795$47,688

Median home value

$47,800$60,000

Median gross rent

$696$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falcon	Sledge
Under 5	2.9%	0.3%
5 to 17	28.7%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	3.5%	4.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	22.0%
65 to 74	21.6%	15.9%
75 and over	0.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falcon	Sledge
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	6.7%
Black or African American	100.0%	90.2%
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	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falcon	Sledge
No high school diploma	43.4%	14.7%
High school graduate	22.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falcon	Sledge
Drove alone	96.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falcon	Sledge
1-unit, detached	18.8%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Falcon	Sledge
Poverty rate	33.9%	26.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1995	1984