Brandon vs Flowood

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

Brandon and Flowood 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 10,384 in Flowood). Brandon has the higher median household income ($93,073 vs $83,204 in Flowood). Flowood has the higher median home value ($288,400 vs $255,900 in Brandon).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Flowood
Population	25,352	10,384
Median age	42.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,073	$83,204
Median home value	$255,900	$288,400
Median gross rent	$1,261	$1,409
Housing units	9,431	4,620
Homeownership rate	83.2%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Flowood
Population	23,930 → 25,352 (+5.9%)	9,030 → 10,384 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$78,573 → $93,073 (+18.5%)	$65,191 → $83,204 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$181,900 → $255,900 (+40.7%)	$187,500 → $288,400 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,261 (+28.4%)	$1,147 → $1,409 (+22.8%)

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

Flowood

Population

9,03010,384

Median household income

$65,191$83,204

Median home value

$187,500$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Flowood
Under 5	5.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.5%
75 and over	8.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Flowood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	64.3%
Black or African American	22.6%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Flowood
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	17.3%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Flowood
Drove alone	82.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Flowood
1-unit, detached	84.2%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	19.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Flowood
Poverty rate	7.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1995	2000