Drew vs Sunflower

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

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

Drew has the higher population (2,186 vs 1,049 in Sunflower). Sunflower has the higher median household income ($24,479 vs $22,407 in Drew). Sunflower has the higher median home value ($77,800 vs $60,000 in Drew).

Population, income & housing

	Drew	Sunflower
Population	2,186	1,049
Median age	35.6 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$22,407	$24,479
Median home value	$60,000	$77,800
Median gross rent	$687	$427
Housing units	915	433
Homeownership rate	46.0%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drew	Sunflower
Population	2,068 → 2,186 (+5.7%)	1,123 → 1,049 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$25,396 → $22,407 (-11.8%)	$25,000 → $24,479 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $60,000 (-1.6%)	$62,300 → $77,800 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $687 (+39.1%)	$479 → $427 (-10.9%)

Drew

Population

2,0682,186

Median household income

$25,396$22,407

Median home value

$61,000$60,000

Median gross rent

$494$687

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)

	Drew	Sunflower
Under 5	10.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	12.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	17.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	5.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	4.8%
75 and over	4.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drew	Sunflower
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	15.3%
Black or African American	77.4%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drew	Sunflower
No high school diploma	31.9%	27.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drew	Sunflower
Drove alone	80.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	13.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drew	Sunflower
1-unit, detached	67.7%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Drew	Sunflower
Poverty rate	38.7%	44.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1971	1983