Polkville vs Raleigh

A side-by-side comparison of Polkville and Raleigh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Raleigh has the higher population (1,104 vs 664 in Polkville). Polkville has the higher median household income ($55,357 vs $35,833 in Raleigh). Raleigh has the higher median home value ($110,700 vs $80,300 in Polkville).

Population, income & housing

	Polkville	Raleigh
Population	664	1,104
Median age	33.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,357	$35,833
Median home value	$80,300	$110,700
Median gross rent	$740	$475
Housing units	307	545
Homeownership rate	86.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polkville	Raleigh
Population	813 → 664 (-18.3%)	1,152 → 1,104 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$46,563 → $55,357 (+18.9%)	$26,094 → $35,833 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $80,300 (+28.5%)	$91,700 → $110,700 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $740 (-1.3%)	$421 → $475 (+12.8%)

Polkville

Population

813664

Median household income

$46,563$55,357

Median home value

$62,500$80,300

Median gross rent

$750$740

Raleigh

Population

1,1521,104

Median household income

$26,094$35,833

Median home value

$91,700$110,700

Median gross rent

$421$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Polkville	Raleigh
Under 5	10.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	22.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.0%
75 and over	9.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polkville	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	54.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	40.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polkville	Raleigh
No high school diploma	20.3%	18.2%
High school graduate	44.3%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polkville	Raleigh
Drove alone	72.4%	89.9%
Carpooled	16.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	1.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polkville	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	62.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	36.5%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Polkville	Raleigh
Poverty rate	14.7%	20.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1985	1975