Cary vs Rolling Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Cary and Rolling Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rolling Fork has the higher population (2,001 vs 370 in Cary). Cary has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $34,375 in Rolling Fork). Since 2019, Rolling Fork's population has grown faster (-4.9% vs -6.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cary	Rolling Fork
Population	370	2,001
Median age	26.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$34,375
Median home value	—	$121,100
Median gross rent	—	$592
Housing units	112	900
Homeownership rate	62.1%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cary	Rolling Fork
Population	396 → 370 (-6.6%)	2,103 → 2,001 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$30,250 → $46,250 (+52.9%)	$26,996 → $34,375 (+27.3%)
Median home value	—	$69,100 → $121,100 (+75.3%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,113 (+28.4%)	$478 → $592 (+23.8%)

Cary

Population

396370

Median household income

$30,250$46,250

Median gross rent

$867$1,113

Rolling Fork

Population

2,1032,001

Median household income

$26,996$34,375

Median home value

$69,100$121,100

Median gross rent

$478$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cary	Rolling Fork
Under 5	7.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	17.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	20.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	6.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.9%
75 and over	5.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cary	Rolling Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	16.2%	21.2%
Black or African American	78.4%	78.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cary	Rolling Fork
No high school diploma	18.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	48.2%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cary	Rolling Fork
Drove alone	100.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cary	Rolling Fork
1-unit, detached	67.9%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Cary	Rolling Fork
Poverty rate	40.8%	26.3%
Average household size	3.59	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	39	20
Median year structure built	1981	1977