Blue Springs vs Myrtle

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Springs and Myrtle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Myrtle has the higher population (751 vs 271 in Blue Springs). Blue Springs has the higher median household income ($60,156 vs $59,375 in Myrtle). Blue Springs has the higher median home value ($170,000 vs $142,200 in Myrtle).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Myrtle
Population	271	751
Median age	46.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,156	$59,375
Median home value	$170,000	$142,200
Median gross rent	$950	$646
Housing units	180	260
Homeownership rate	69.7%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Myrtle
Population	384 → 271 (-29.4%)	540 → 751 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$52,279 → $60,156 (+15.1%)	$40,547 → $59,375 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $170,000 (+119.4%)	$88,300 → $142,200 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $950 (+60.7%)	$669 → $646 (-3.4%)

Blue Springs

Population

384271

Median household income

$52,279$60,156

Median home value

$77,500$170,000

Median gross rent

$591$950

Myrtle

Population

540751

Median household income

$40,547$59,375

Median home value

$88,300$142,200

Median gross rent

$669$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Springs	Myrtle
Under 5	11.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	6.3%	31.0%
18 to 24	14.8%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	4.8%	6.0%
45 to 54	19.6%	25.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	8.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	4.7%
75 and over	4.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Myrtle
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	57.5%
Black or African American	13.7%	41.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Myrtle
No high school diploma	17.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Myrtle
Drove alone	83.9%	95.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Myrtle
1-unit, detached	70.0%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Myrtle
Poverty rate	8.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.47	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1983	1979