Magee vs Mendenhall

A side-by-side comparison of Magee and Mendenhall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Magee has the higher population (3,977 vs 2,397 in Mendenhall). Magee has the higher median household income ($43,250 vs $39,911 in Mendenhall). Magee has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $102,800 in Mendenhall).

Population, income & housing

	Magee	Mendenhall
Population	3,977	2,397
Median age	42.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,250	$39,911
Median home value	$122,700	$102,800
Median gross rent	$740	$872
Housing units	1,655	1,121
Homeownership rate	45.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magee	Mendenhall
Population	4,206 → 3,977 (-5.4%)	2,924 → 2,397 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$31,769 → $43,250 (+36.1%)	$29,286 → $39,911 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $122,700 (+36.6%)	$90,800 → $102,800 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $740 (+19.7%)	$704 → $872 (+23.9%)

Magee

Population

4,2063,977

Median household income

$31,769$43,250

Median home value

$89,800$122,700

Median gross rent

$618$740

Mendenhall

Population

2,9242,397

Median household income

$29,286$39,911

Median home value

$90,800$102,800

Median gross rent

$704$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Magee	Mendenhall
Under 5	5.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	17.6%
75 and over	6.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magee	Mendenhall
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	54.0%
Black or African American	49.2%	44.0%
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	0.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magee	Mendenhall
No high school diploma	25.4%	17.7%
High school graduate	35.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magee	Mendenhall
Drove alone	76.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	18.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.8%	9.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.6%
Other means	0.6%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magee	Mendenhall
1-unit, detached	61.5%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Magee	Mendenhall
Poverty rate	28.0%	28.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1975	1969