Eden vs Yazoo City

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

Eden 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 184 in Eden). Yazoo City has the higher median home value ($93,000 vs $60,600 in Eden). Since 2019, Yazoo City's population has grown faster (-7.2% vs -18.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Yazoo City
Population	184	10,270
Median age	32.5 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,722
Median home value	$60,600	$93,000
Median gross rent	—	$823
Housing units	74	4,203
Homeownership rate	65.1%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Yazoo City
Population	227 → 184 (-18.9%)	11,063 → 10,270 (-7.2%)
Median household income	—	$24,688 → $28,722 (+16.3%)
Median home value	—	$70,900 → $93,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $823 (+31.7%)

Eden

Population

227184

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)

	Eden	Yazoo City
Under 5	3.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	27.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	17.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	18.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	3.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.4%
75 and over	2.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Yazoo City
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	10.0%
Black or African American	41.8%	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	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Yazoo City
No high school diploma	46.3%	25.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Yazoo City
Drove alone	79.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	20.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Eden	Yazoo City
1-unit, detached	31.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	68.9%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Yazoo City
Poverty rate	52.7%	45.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1986	1974