Flowood vs Pearl

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

Flowood 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 10,384 in Flowood). Flowood has the higher median household income ($83,204 vs $54,643 in Pearl). Flowood has the higher median home value ($288,400 vs $170,900 in Pearl).

Population, income & housing

	Flowood	Pearl
Population	10,384	27,458
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,204	$54,643
Median home value	$288,400	$170,900
Median gross rent	$1,409	$1,152
Housing units	4,620	12,362
Homeownership rate	58.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flowood	Pearl
Population	9,030 → 10,384 (+15.0%)	26,461 → 27,458 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$65,191 → $83,204 (+27.6%)	$49,944 → $54,643 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $288,400 (+53.8%)	$120,700 → $170,900 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,409 (+22.8%)	$881 → $1,152 (+30.8%)

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

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)

	Flowood	Pearl
Under 5	7.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	18.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.4%
75 and over	4.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flowood	Pearl
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	59.8%
Black or African American	25.7%	29.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flowood	Pearl
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	13.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flowood	Pearl
Drove alone	76.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	12.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flowood	Pearl
1-unit, detached	59.9%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	11.9%
20 or more units	6.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Flowood	Pearl
Poverty rate	16.4%	12.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2000	1981