Tillatoba vs Water Valley

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

Tillatoba 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 48 in Tillatoba). Since 2019, Tillatoba's population has grown faster (+11.6% vs +1.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Tillatoba	Water Valley
Population	48	3,380
Median age	62.3 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,167
Median home value	—	$111,000
Median gross rent	—	$592
Housing units	93	1,543
Homeownership rate	100.0%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tillatoba	Water Valley
Population	43 → 48 (+11.6%)	3,323 → 3,380 (+1.7%)
Median household income	—	$40,769 → $47,167 (+15.7%)
Median home value	—	$97,200 → $111,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$516 → $592 (+14.7%)

Tillatoba

Population

4348

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)

	Tillatoba	Water Valley
Under 5	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	47.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	18.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.3%
75 and over	33.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tillatoba	Water Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	44.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	51.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tillatoba	Water Valley
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	47.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tillatoba	Water Valley
Drove alone	100.0%	90.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Tillatoba	Water Valley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Tillatoba	Water Valley
Poverty rate	47.9%	27.5%
Average household size	1.30	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1975	1973