Pearl vs Richland

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

Pearl and Richland 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 7,250 in Richland). Richland has the higher median household income ($63,611 vs $54,643 in Pearl). Pearl has the higher median home value ($170,900 vs $131,300 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl	Richland
Population	27,458	7,250
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,643	$63,611
Median home value	$170,900	$131,300
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,146
Housing units	12,362	3,128
Homeownership rate	59.3%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl	Richland
Population	26,461 → 27,458 (+3.8%)	7,175 → 7,250 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$49,944 → $54,643 (+9.4%)	$47,495 → $63,611 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $170,900 (+41.6%)	$131,100 → $131,300 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,152 (+30.8%)	$961 → $1,146 (+19.3%)

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

Richland

Population

7,1757,250

Median household income

$47,495$63,611

Median home value

$131,100$131,300

Median gross rent

$961$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl	Richland
Under 5	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	18.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.0%
75 and over	6.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	59.8%	71.4%
Black or African American	29.5%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearl	Richland
No high school diploma	10.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	26.1%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl	Richland
Drove alone	81.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl	Richland
1-unit, detached	68.1%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	7.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Pearl	Richland
Poverty rate	12.6%	14.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1981	1993