Coldwater vs Senatobia

A side-by-side comparison of Coldwater and Senatobia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Senatobia has the higher population (8,306 vs 1,293 in Coldwater). Senatobia has the higher median household income ($52,370 vs $41,484 in Coldwater). Senatobia has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $85,400 in Coldwater).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Senatobia
Population	1,293	8,306
Median age	44.6 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,484	$52,370
Median home value	$85,400	$208,000
Median gross rent	$951	$830
Housing units	671	2,922
Homeownership rate	61.6%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Senatobia
Population	1,812 → 1,293 (-28.6%)	7,840 → 8,306 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$40,052 → $41,484 (+3.6%)	$53,529 → $52,370 (-2.2%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $85,400 (+14.8%)	$137,300 → $208,000 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $951 (+18.9%)	$704 → $830 (+17.9%)

Coldwater

Population

1,8121,293

Median household income

$40,052$41,484

Median home value

$74,400$85,400

Median gross rent

$800$951

Senatobia

Population

7,8408,306

Median household income

$53,529$52,370

Median home value

$137,300$208,000

Median gross rent

$704$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Senatobia
Under 5	6.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	21.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Senatobia
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	52.8%
Black or African American	77.4%	42.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Senatobia
No high school diploma	19.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	44.8%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Senatobia
Drove alone	89.7%	92.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Senatobia
1-unit, detached	82.3%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Senatobia
Poverty rate	36.1%	26.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1980	1984