Blue Mountain vs Falkner

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Mountain and Falkner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Mountain has the higher population (1,452 vs 786 in Falkner). Blue Mountain has the higher median household income ($57,527 vs $56,354 in Falkner). Falkner has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $78,600 in Blue Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mountain	Falkner
Population	1,452	786
Median age	27.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,527	$56,354
Median home value	$78,600	$100,300
Median gross rent	$627	$700
Housing units	436	353
Homeownership rate	59.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mountain	Falkner
Population	1,107 → 1,452 (+31.2%)	758 → 786 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$24,375 → $57,527 (+136.0%)	$45,966 → $56,354 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $78,600 (+14.6%)	$60,800 → $100,300 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $627 (+49.6%)	$528 → $700 (+32.6%)

Blue Mountain

Population

1,1071,452

Median household income

$24,375$57,527

Median home value

$68,600$78,600

Median gross rent

$419$627

Falkner

Population

758786

Median household income

$45,966$56,354

Median home value

$60,800$100,300

Median gross rent

$528$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mountain	Falkner
Under 5	5.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	32.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	4.4%	10.7%
75 and over	1.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mountain	Falkner
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	86.1%
Black or African American	20.7%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mountain	Falkner
No high school diploma	22.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	48.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mountain	Falkner
Drove alone	64.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	22.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mountain	Falkner
1-unit, detached	74.3%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	41.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mountain	Falkner
Poverty rate	15.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1977	1986