Attala County vs Stone County

A side-by-side comparison of Attala County and Stone County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stone County has the higher population (18,515 vs 17,685 in Attala County). Stone County has the higher median household income ($59,307 vs $48,098 in Attala County). Stone County has the higher median home value ($163,300 vs $107,600 in Attala County).

Population, income & housing

	Attala County	Stone County
Population	17,685	18,515
Median age	39.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,098	$59,307
Median home value	$107,600	$163,300
Median gross rent	$774	$839
Housing units	8,341	7,595
Homeownership rate	76.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attala County	Stone County
Population	18,437 → 17,685 (-4.1%)	18,276 → 18,515 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$33,767 → $48,098 (+42.4%)	$45,483 → $59,307 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $107,600 (+33.3%)	$112,800 → $163,300 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $774 (+51.8%)	$680 → $839 (+23.4%)

Attala County

Population

18,43717,685

Median household income

$33,767$48,098

Median home value

$80,700$107,600

Median gross rent

$510$774

Stone County

Population

18,27618,515

Median household income

$45,483$59,307

Median home value

$112,800$163,300

Median gross rent

$680$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attala County	Stone County
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	12.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.1%
75 and over	8.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attala County	Stone County
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	75.7%
Black or African American	45.4%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attala County	Stone County
No high school diploma	14.8%	12.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attala County	Stone County
Drove alone	81.3%	87.6%
Carpooled	14.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attala County	Stone County
1-unit, detached	72.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Attala County	Stone County
Poverty rate	20.7%	17.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1981	1997