Blue Mountain vs Walnut

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

Blue Mountain and Walnut 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 633 in Walnut). Blue Mountain has the higher median household income ($57,527 vs $27,396 in Walnut). Walnut has the higher median home value ($84,700 vs $78,600 in Blue Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mountain	Walnut
Population	1,452	633
Median age	27.2 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,527	$27,396
Median home value	$78,600	$84,700
Median gross rent	$627	—
Housing units	436	321
Homeownership rate	59.3%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mountain	Walnut
Population	1,107 → 1,452 (+31.2%)	1,152 → 633 (-45.1%)
Median household income	$24,375 → $57,527 (+136.0%)	$37,837 → $27,396 (-27.6%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $78,600 (+14.6%)	$68,800 → $84,700 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $627 (+49.6%)	$443 → $603 (+36.1%)

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

Walnut

Population

1,152633

Median household income

$37,837$27,396

Median home value

$68,800$84,700

Median gross rent

$443$603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mountain	Walnut
Under 5	5.1%	16.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	32.7%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	4.4%	7.1%
75 and over	1.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mountain	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	82.1%
Black or African American	20.7%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mountain	Walnut
No high school diploma	22.1%	19.1%
High school graduate	48.3%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mountain	Walnut
Drove alone	64.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	22.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mountain	Walnut
1-unit, detached	74.3%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mountain	Walnut
Poverty rate	15.1%	33.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1977	1969