Coahoma County vs Wayne County

A side-by-side comparison of Coahoma County and Wayne County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coahoma County has the higher population (20,808 vs 19,699 in Wayne County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($36,791 vs $36,259 in Coahoma County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($88,000 vs $86,400 in Coahoma County).

Population, income & housing

	Coahoma County	Wayne County
Population	20,808	19,699
Median age	35.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,259	$36,791
Median home value	$86,400	$88,000
Median gross rent	$719	$786
Housing units	10,188	9,101
Homeownership rate	52.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coahoma County	Wayne County
Population	23,255 → 20,808 (-10.5%)	20,373 → 19,699 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$29,121 → $36,259 (+24.5%)	$37,706 → $36,791 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $86,400 (+26.5%)	$85,800 → $88,000 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $719 (+24.2%)	$557 → $786 (+41.1%)

Coahoma County

Population

23,25520,808

Median household income

$29,121$36,259

Median home value

$68,300$86,400

Median gross rent

$579$719

Wayne County

Population

20,37319,699

Median household income

$37,706$36,791

Median home value

$85,800$88,000

Median gross rent

$557$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coahoma County	Wayne County
Under 5	7.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.4%
75 and over	6.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coahoma County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	19.3%	56.7%
Black or African American	75.9%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coahoma County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	18.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coahoma County	Wayne County
Drove alone	77.6%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	3.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coahoma County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Coahoma County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	36.3%	22.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1971	1985