Brandon vs Pearl

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

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

Pearl has the higher population (27,458 vs 25,352 in Brandon). Brandon has the higher median household income ($93,073 vs $54,643 in Pearl). Brandon has the higher median home value ($255,900 vs $170,900 in Pearl).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Pearl
Population	25,352	27,458
Median age	42.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,073	$54,643
Median home value	$255,900	$170,900
Median gross rent	$1,261	$1,152
Housing units	9,431	12,362
Homeownership rate	83.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Pearl
Population	23,930 → 25,352 (+5.9%)	26,461 → 27,458 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$78,573 → $93,073 (+18.5%)	$49,944 → $54,643 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$181,900 → $255,900 (+40.7%)	$120,700 → $170,900 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,261 (+28.4%)	$881 → $1,152 (+30.8%)

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

Pearl

Population

26,46127,458

Median household income

$49,944$54,643

Median home value

$120,700$170,900

Median gross rent

$881$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Pearl
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	18.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.4%
75 and over	8.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Pearl
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	59.8%
Black or African American	22.6%	29.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Pearl
No high school diploma	4.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	17.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Pearl
Drove alone	82.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Pearl
1-unit, detached	84.2%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	11.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Pearl
Poverty rate	7.9%	12.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1995	1981