Pelahatchie vs Puckett

A side-by-side comparison of Pelahatchie and Puckett: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pelahatchie has the higher population (1,648 vs 420 in Puckett). Puckett has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $52,957 in Pelahatchie). Pelahatchie has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $182,500 in Puckett).

Population, income & housing

	Pelahatchie	Puckett
Population	1,648	420
Median age	32.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,957	$66,000
Median home value	$183,300	$182,500
Median gross rent	$718	$1,125
Housing units	714	160
Homeownership rate	70.1%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pelahatchie	Puckett
Population	1,693 → 1,648 (-2.7%)	291 → 420 (+44.3%)
Median household income	$44,489 → $52,957 (+19.0%)	$49,844 → $66,000 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $183,300 (+78.7%)	$113,300 → $182,500 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $718 (-9.1%)	$793 → $1,125 (+41.9%)

Pelahatchie

Population

1,6931,648

Median household income

$44,489$52,957

Median home value

$102,600$183,300

Median gross rent

$790$718

Puckett

Population

291420

Median household income

$49,844$66,000

Median home value

$113,300$182,500

Median gross rent

$793$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pelahatchie	Puckett
Under 5	7.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	23.1%	26.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	6.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	19.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.9%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pelahatchie	Puckett
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	95.2%
Black or African American	26.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pelahatchie	Puckett
No high school diploma	17.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	34.0%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pelahatchie	Puckett
Drove alone	88.8%	91.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pelahatchie	Puckett
1-unit, detached	86.1%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Pelahatchie	Puckett
Poverty rate	21.3%	27.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1972	1976