Adams County vs Union County

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

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

Adams County has the higher population (29,098 vs 28,009 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($56,807 vs $40,250 in Adams County). Union County has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $106,300 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Union County
Population	29,098	28,009
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,250	$56,807
Median home value	$106,300	$159,100
Median gross rent	$720	$910
Housing units	14,920	12,195
Homeownership rate	66.5%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Union County
Population	31,266 → 29,098 (-6.9%)	28,507 → 28,009 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$29,936 → $40,250 (+34.5%)	$45,754 → $56,807 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $106,300 (+15.4%)	$100,600 → $159,100 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $720 (+20.0%)	$696 → $910 (+30.7%)

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

Union County

Population

28,50728,009

Median household income

$45,754$56,807

Median home value

$100,600$159,100

Median gross rent

$696$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Union County
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.8%
75 and over	8.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	76.7%
Black or African American	55.5%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Union County
No high school diploma	16.4%	21.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Union County
Drove alone	89.3%	91.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Union County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Union County
Poverty rate	28.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1971	1985