Sumner vs Tutwiler

A side-by-side comparison of Sumner and Tutwiler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tutwiler has the higher population (2,049 vs 396 in Sumner). Sumner has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $33,836 in Tutwiler). Sumner has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $59,900 in Tutwiler).

Population, income & housing

	Sumner	Tutwiler
Population	396	2,049
Median age	31.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$33,836
Median home value	$159,700	$59,900
Median gross rent	$755	$922
Housing units	142	692
Homeownership rate	48.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sumner	Tutwiler
Population	303 → 396 (+30.7%)	3,448 → 2,049 (-40.6%)
Median household income	$43,462 → $60,417 (+39.0%)	$30,521 → $33,836 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $159,700 (+94.5%)	$63,000 → $59,900 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $755 (+51.0%)	$467 → $922 (+97.4%)

Sumner

Population

303396

Median household income

$43,462$60,417

Median home value

$82,100$159,700

Median gross rent

$500$755

Tutwiler

Population

3,4482,049

Median household income

$30,521$33,836

Median home value

$63,000$59,900

Median gross rent

$467$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sumner	Tutwiler
Under 5	7.8%	0.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	18.7%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	16.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.5%
75 and over	6.3%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sumner	Tutwiler
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	4.1%
Black or African American	36.6%	94.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sumner	Tutwiler
No high school diploma	10.6%	23.6%
High school graduate	23.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sumner	Tutwiler
Drove alone	72.6%	78.0%
Carpooled	14.6%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	9.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sumner	Tutwiler
1-unit, detached	76.8%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Sumner	Tutwiler
Poverty rate	25.3%	9.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	13	31
Median year structure built	1964	1974