Bentonia vs Yazoo City

A side-by-side comparison of Bentonia and Yazoo City: population, income, housing, and more.

Bentonia and Yazoo City are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yazoo City has the higher population (10,270 vs 274 in Bentonia). Yazoo City has the higher median home value ($93,000 vs $79,500 in Bentonia). Since 2019, Yazoo City's population has grown faster (-7.2% vs -42.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bentonia	Yazoo City
Population	274	10,270
Median age	57.8 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,722
Median home value	$79,500	$93,000
Median gross rent	$241	$823
Housing units	208	4,203
Homeownership rate	22.0%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bentonia	Yazoo City
Population	479 → 274 (-42.8%)	11,063 → 10,270 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$29,000 → $25,673 (-11.5%)	$24,688 → $28,722 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $79,500 (-0.3%)	$70,900 → $93,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $241 (-53.7%)	$625 → $823 (+31.7%)

Bentonia

Population

479274

Median household income

$29,000$25,673

Median home value

$79,700$79,500

Median gross rent

$520$241

Yazoo City

Population

11,06310,270

Median household income

$24,688$28,722

Median home value

$70,900$93,000

Median gross rent

$625$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bentonia	Yazoo City
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	24.2%
18 to 24	0.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	20.4%	7.4%
75 and over	21.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bentonia	Yazoo City
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	10.0%
Black or African American	50.0%	87.1%
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	1.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bentonia	Yazoo City
No high school diploma	12.6%	25.3%
High school graduate	46.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bentonia	Yazoo City
Drove alone	75.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	20.2%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bentonia	Yazoo City
1-unit, detached	65.9%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Bentonia	Yazoo City
Poverty rate	27.7%	45.0%
Average household size	1.55	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1975	1974