Adams County vs Pontotoc County

A side-by-side comparison of Adams County and Pontotoc County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams County and Pontotoc County are counties in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pontotoc County has the higher population (31,312 vs 29,098 in Adams County). Pontotoc County has the higher median household income ($52,741 vs $40,250 in Adams County). Pontotoc County has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $106,300 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Pontotoc County
Population	29,098	31,312
Median age	42.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,250	$52,741
Median home value	$106,300	$141,700
Median gross rent	$720	$848
Housing units	14,920	14,076
Homeownership rate	66.5%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Pontotoc County
Population	31,266 → 29,098 (-6.9%)	31,618 → 31,312 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$29,936 → $40,250 (+34.5%)	$44,759 → $52,741 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $106,300 (+15.4%)	$106,500 → $141,700 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $720 (+20.0%)	$722 → $848 (+17.5%)

Adams County

Population

31,26629,098

Median household income

$29,936$40,250

Median home value

$92,100$106,300

Median gross rent

$600$720

Pontotoc County

Population

31,61831,312

Median household income

$44,759$52,741

Median home value

$106,500$141,700

Median gross rent

$722$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Pontotoc County
Under 5	6.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	8.9%
75 and over	8.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Pontotoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	74.8%
Black or African American	55.5%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Pontotoc County
No high school diploma	16.4%	21.1%
High school graduate	34.5%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Pontotoc County
Drove alone	89.3%	86.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Pontotoc County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Pontotoc County
Poverty rate	28.2%	14.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1971	1986