Indianola vs Sunflower

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

Indianola and Sunflower 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 1,049 in Sunflower). Indianola has the higher median household income ($39,275 vs $24,479 in Sunflower). Indianola has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $77,800 in Sunflower).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Sunflower
Population	9,360	1,049
Median age	35.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,275	$24,479
Median home value	$119,100	$77,800
Median gross rent	$763	$427
Housing units	3,970	433
Homeownership rate	54.2%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Sunflower
Population	9,450 → 9,360 (-1.0%)	1,123 → 1,049 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$28,941 → $39,275 (+35.7%)	$25,000 → $24,479 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $119,100 (+55.9%)	$62,300 → $77,800 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $763 (+10.1%)	$479 → $427 (-10.9%)

Indianola

Population

9,4509,360

Median household income

$28,941$39,275

Median home value

$76,400$119,100

Median gross rent

$693$763

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)

	Indianola	Sunflower
Under 5	5.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	17.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	4.8%
75 and over	7.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Sunflower
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	15.3%
Black or African American	80.8%	83.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Sunflower
No high school diploma	19.2%	27.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Sunflower
Drove alone	84.9%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	13.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Sunflower
1-unit, detached	77.9%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Sunflower
Poverty rate	31.1%	44.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1972	1983