Lambert vs Sledge

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

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

Lambert has the higher population (926 vs 327 in Sledge). Sledge has the higher median household income ($47,688 vs $28,793 in Lambert). Sledge has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $59,700 in Lambert).

Population, income & housing

	Lambert	Sledge
Population	926	327
Median age	48.5 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,793	$47,688
Median home value	$59,700	$60,000
Median gross rent	$636	$741
Housing units	603	181
Homeownership rate	44.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lambert	Sledge
Population	1,296 → 926 (-28.5%)	457 → 327 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$17,400 → $28,793 (+65.5%)	$30,795 → $47,688 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$47,200 → $59,700 (+26.5%)	$47,800 → $60,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $636 (+63.9%)	$696 → $741 (+6.5%)

Lambert

Population

1,296926

Median household income

$17,400$28,793

Median home value

$47,200$59,700

Median gross rent

$388$636

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)

	Lambert	Sledge
Under 5	3.1%	0.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	22.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	12.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	16.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	19.7%	22.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	15.9%
75 and over	13.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lambert	Sledge
White (non-Hispanic)	16.2%	6.7%
Black or African American	81.1%	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	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lambert	Sledge
No high school diploma	34.9%	14.7%
High school graduate	25.7%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lambert	Sledge
Drove alone	83.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lambert	Sledge
1-unit, detached	82.3%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Lambert	Sledge
Poverty rate	35.0%	26.9%
Average household size	1.92	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1967	1984