Indianola vs Inverness

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

Indianola and Inverness 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 757 in Inverness). Inverness has the higher median household income ($52,250 vs $39,275 in Indianola). Inverness has the higher median home value ($136,200 vs $119,100 in Indianola).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Inverness
Population	9,360	757
Median age	35.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,275	$52,250
Median home value	$119,100	$136,200
Median gross rent	$763	$550
Housing units	3,970	387
Homeownership rate	54.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Inverness
Population	9,450 → 9,360 (-1.0%)	931 → 757 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$28,941 → $39,275 (+35.7%)	$42,250 → $52,250 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $119,100 (+55.9%)	$90,000 → $136,200 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $763 (+10.1%)	$713 → $550 (-22.9%)

Indianola

Population

9,4509,360

Median household income

$28,941$39,275

Median home value

$76,400$119,100

Median gross rent

$693$763

Inverness

Population

931757

Median household income

$42,250$52,250

Median home value

$90,000$136,200

Median gross rent

$713$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indianola	Inverness
Under 5	5.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	19.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.2%
75 and over	7.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Inverness
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	61.8%
Black or African American	80.8%	35.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Inverness
No high school diploma	19.2%	10.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Inverness
Drove alone	84.9%	86.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Inverness
1-unit, detached	77.9%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Inverness
Poverty rate	31.1%	19.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1972	1976