Drew vs Indianola

A side-by-side comparison of Drew and Indianola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Indianola has the higher population (9,360 vs 2,186 in Drew). Indianola has the higher median household income ($39,275 vs $22,407 in Drew). Indianola has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $60,000 in Drew).

Population, income & housing

	Drew	Indianola
Population	2,186	9,360
Median age	35.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$22,407	$39,275
Median home value	$60,000	$119,100
Median gross rent	$687	$763
Housing units	915	3,970
Homeownership rate	46.0%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drew	Indianola
Population	2,068 → 2,186 (+5.7%)	9,450 → 9,360 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$25,396 → $22,407 (-11.8%)	$28,941 → $39,275 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $60,000 (-1.6%)	$76,400 → $119,100 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $687 (+39.1%)	$693 → $763 (+10.1%)

Drew

Population

2,0682,186

Median household income

$25,396$22,407

Median home value

$61,000$60,000

Median gross rent

$494$687

Indianola

Population

9,4509,360

Median household income

$28,941$39,275

Median home value

$76,400$119,100

Median gross rent

$693$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drew	Indianola
Under 5	10.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.1%
75 and over	4.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drew	Indianola
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	17.9%
Black or African American	77.4%	80.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drew	Indianola
No high school diploma	31.9%	19.2%
High school graduate	28.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drew	Indianola
Drove alone	80.0%	84.9%
Carpooled	12.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drew	Indianola
1-unit, detached	67.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Drew	Indianola
Poverty rate	38.7%	31.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1971	1972