Lake vs Morton

A side-by-side comparison of Lake and Morton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morton has the higher population (3,661 vs 523 in Lake). Morton has the higher median household income ($38,889 vs $37,813 in Lake). Morton has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $73,900 in Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake	Morton
Population	523	3,661
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,813	$38,889
Median home value	$73,900	$90,000
Median gross rent	$739	$932
Housing units	225	1,187
Homeownership rate	60.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake	Morton
Population	439 → 523 (+19.1%)	3,589 → 3,661 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $37,813 (-20.4%)	$30,469 → $38,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $73,900 (+1.9%)	$69,800 → $90,000 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $739 (+24.4%)	$718 → $932 (+29.8%)

Lake

Population

439523

Median household income

$47,500$37,813

Median home value

$72,500$73,900

Median gross rent

$594$739

Morton

Population

3,5893,661

Median household income

$30,469$38,889

Median home value

$69,800$90,000

Median gross rent

$718$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake	Morton
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	34.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	2.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	6.5%
75 and over	9.9%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	27.8%
Black or African American	58.7%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake	Morton
No high school diploma	24.0%	25.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake	Morton
Drove alone	94.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake	Morton
1-unit, detached	56.4%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake	Morton
Poverty rate	17.4%	29.8%
Average household size	2.64	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1975	1981