Chickasaw County vs Winston County

A side-by-side comparison of Chickasaw County and Winston County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winston County has the higher population (17,609 vs 16,994 in Chickasaw County). Winston County has the higher median household income ($49,071 vs $43,041 in Chickasaw County). Winston County has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $100,400 in Chickasaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw County	Winston County
Population	16,994	17,609
Median age	39.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,041	$49,071
Median home value	$100,400	$121,200
Median gross rent	$702	$654
Housing units	7,817	8,231
Homeownership rate	67.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw County	Winston County
Population	17,193 → 16,994 (-1.2%)	18,229 → 17,609 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$36,548 → $43,041 (+17.8%)	$34,724 → $49,071 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $100,400 (+51.0%)	$84,900 → $121,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $702 (+12.3%)	$697 → $654 (-6.2%)

Chickasaw County

Population

17,19316,994

Median household income

$36,548$43,041

Median home value

$66,500$100,400

Median gross rent

$625$702

Winston County

Population

18,22917,609

Median household income

$34,724$49,071

Median home value

$84,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$697$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw County	Winston County
Under 5	7.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.3%
75 and over	7.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw County	Winston County
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	49.5%
Black or African American	44.4%	47.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw County	Winston County
No high school diploma	19.3%	16.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw County	Winston County
Drove alone	80.4%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.4%
Other means	2.6%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw County	Winston County
1-unit, detached	71.5%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw County	Winston County
Poverty rate	24.1%	30.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1978	1979