Calhoun County vs Yalobusha County

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun County and Yalobusha County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calhoun County has the higher population (13,029 vs 12,439 in Yalobusha County). Yalobusha County has the higher median household income ($49,171 vs $43,942 in Calhoun County). Yalobusha County has the higher median home value ($97,200 vs $82,900 in Calhoun County).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun County	Yalobusha County
Population	13,029	12,439
Median age	43.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,942	$49,171
Median home value	$82,900	$97,200
Median gross rent	$674	$810
Housing units	6,744	6,476
Homeownership rate	73.1%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun County	Yalobusha County
Population	14,499 → 13,029 (-10.1%)	12,367 → 12,439 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$37,263 → $43,942 (+17.9%)	$41,464 → $49,171 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $82,900 (+17.6%)	$79,700 → $97,200 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $674 (+16.0%)	$665 → $810 (+21.8%)

Calhoun County

Population

14,49913,029

Median household income

$37,263$43,942

Median home value

$70,500$82,900

Median gross rent

$581$674

Yalobusha County

Population

12,36712,439

Median household income

$41,464$49,171

Median home value

$79,700$97,200

Median gross rent

$665$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun County	Yalobusha County
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.0%
75 and over	8.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun County	Yalobusha County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	57.7%
Black or African American	28.7%	36.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun County	Yalobusha County
No high school diploma	21.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	33.5%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun County	Yalobusha County
Drove alone	86.3%	86.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun County	Yalobusha County
1-unit, detached	76.6%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun County	Yalobusha County
Poverty rate	18.7%	22.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1981	1981