Coldwater vs Strayhorn

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

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

Coldwater has the higher population (1,293 vs 115 in Strayhorn). Since 2019, Strayhorn's population has grown faster (+155.6% vs -28.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Strayhorn
Population	1,293	115
Median age	44.6 yrs	70.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,484	—
Median home value	$85,400	—
Median gross rent	$951	—
Housing units	671	43
Homeownership rate	61.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Strayhorn
Population	1,812 → 1,293 (-28.6%)	45 → 115 (+155.6%)
Median household income	$40,052 → $41,484 (+3.6%)	—
Median home value	$74,400 → $85,400 (+14.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$800 → $951 (+18.9%)	—

Coldwater

Population

1,8121,293

Median household income

$40,052$41,484

Median home value

$74,400$85,400

Median gross rent

$800$951

Strayhorn

Population

45115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Strayhorn
Under 5	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	46.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	53.9%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Strayhorn
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	77.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Strayhorn
No high school diploma	19.4%	16.5%
High school graduate	44.8%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Strayhorn
Drove alone	89.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Strayhorn
1-unit, detached	82.3%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	100.0%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Strayhorn
Poverty rate	36.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1980	—