Coffeeville vs Water Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Coffeeville and Water Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Water Valley has the higher population (3,380 vs 875 in Coffeeville). Water Valley has the higher median household income ($47,167 vs $26,389 in Coffeeville). Water Valley has the higher median home value ($111,000 vs $81,700 in Coffeeville).

Population, income & housing

	Coffeeville	Water Valley
Population	875	3,380
Median age	41.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$26,389	$47,167
Median home value	$81,700	$111,000
Median gross rent	$610	$592
Housing units	572	1,543
Homeownership rate	69.0%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffeeville	Water Valley
Population	1,086 → 875 (-19.4%)	3,323 → 3,380 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $26,389 (-11.1%)	$40,769 → $47,167 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $81,700 (+7.9%)	$97,200 → $111,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $610 (+1.0%)	$516 → $592 (+14.7%)

Coffeeville

Population

1,086875

Median household income

$29,688$26,389

Median home value

$75,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$604$610

Water Valley

Population

3,3233,380

Median household income

$40,769$47,167

Median home value

$97,200$111,000

Median gross rent

$516$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffeeville	Water Valley
Under 5	4.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	20.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	23.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.3%
75 and over	2.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffeeville	Water Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	44.8%
Black or African American	71.4%	51.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffeeville	Water Valley
No high school diploma	24.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	50.2%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffeeville	Water Valley
Drove alone	91.2%	90.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffeeville	Water Valley
1-unit, detached	76.6%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Coffeeville	Water Valley
Poverty rate	36.9%	27.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1975	1973