Doddsville vs Sunflower

A side-by-side comparison of Doddsville and Sunflower: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunflower has the higher population (1,049 vs 219 in Doddsville). Doddsville has the higher median household income ($31,458 vs $24,479 in Sunflower). Since 2019, Sunflower's population has grown faster (-6.6% vs -24.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Doddsville	Sunflower
Population	219	1,049
Median age	30.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,458	$24,479
Median home value	—	$77,800
Median gross rent	—	$427
Housing units	26	433
Homeownership rate	72.7%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doddsville	Sunflower
Population	290 → 219 (-24.5%)	1,123 → 1,049 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$36,289 → $31,458 (-13.3%)	$25,000 → $24,479 (-2.1%)
Median home value	—	$62,300 → $77,800 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$479 → $427 (-10.9%)

Doddsville

Population

290219

Median household income

$36,289$31,458

Sunflower

Population

1,1231,049

Median household income

$25,000$24,479

Median home value

$62,300$77,800

Median gross rent

$479$427

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doddsville	Sunflower
Under 5	6.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	6.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	25.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	43.8%	17.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	1.8%	5.5%
55 to 64	3.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	0.5%	4.8%
75 and over	4.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doddsville	Sunflower
White (non-Hispanic)	1.8%	15.3%
Black or African American	98.2%	83.3%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doddsville	Sunflower
No high school diploma	82.8%	27.9%
High school graduate	6.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	7.5%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doddsville	Sunflower
Drove alone	40.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	60.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doddsville	Sunflower
1-unit, detached	69.2%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Doddsville	Sunflower
Poverty rate	93.2%	44.0%
Average household size	9.95	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1984	1983