Brandon vs Cleary

A side-by-side comparison of Brandon and Cleary: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brandon has the higher population (25,352 vs 2,060 in Cleary). Since 2019, Cleary's population has grown faster (+62.1% vs +5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Cleary
Population	25,352	2,060
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,073	—
Median home value	$255,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,261	$883
Housing units	9,431	908
Homeownership rate	83.2%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Cleary
Population	23,930 → 25,352 (+5.9%)	1,271 → 2,060 (+62.1%)
Median household income	$78,573 → $93,073 (+18.5%)	—
Median home value	$181,900 → $255,900 (+40.7%)	$138,100 → $124,100 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,261 (+28.4%)	$1,274 → $883 (-30.7%)

Brandon

Population

23,93025,352

Median household income

$78,573$93,073

Median home value

$181,900$255,900

Median gross rent

$982$1,261

Cleary

Population

1,2712,060

Median home value

$138,100$124,100

Median gross rent

$1,274$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Cleary
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	18.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	2.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.9%
75 and over	8.1%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Cleary
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	90.3%
Black or African American	22.6%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Cleary
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	17.3%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Cleary
Drove alone	82.6%	93.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Cleary
1-unit, detached	84.2%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Cleary
Poverty rate	7.9%	17.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1995	1985