Copiah County vs Union County

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

Copiah 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.

Union County has the higher population (28,009 vs 27,994 in Copiah County). Union County has the higher median household income ($56,807 vs $47,994 in Copiah County). Union County has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $105,600 in Copiah County).

Population, income & housing

	Copiah County	Union County
Population	27,994	28,009
Median age	39.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,994	$56,807
Median home value	$105,600	$159,100
Median gross rent	$682	$910
Housing units	12,457	12,195
Homeownership rate	74.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copiah County	Union County
Population	28,501 → 27,994 (-1.8%)	28,507 → 28,009 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$42,151 → $47,994 (+13.9%)	$45,754 → $56,807 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$95,200 → $105,600 (+10.9%)	$100,600 → $159,100 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $682 (-7.0%)	$696 → $910 (+30.7%)

Copiah County

Population

28,50127,994

Median household income

$42,151$47,994

Median home value

$95,200$105,600

Median gross rent

$733$682

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)

	Copiah County	Union County
Under 5	6.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copiah County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	76.7%
Black or African American	50.7%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copiah County	Union County
No high school diploma	13.7%	21.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copiah County	Union County
Drove alone	86.4%	91.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	1.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copiah County	Union County
1-unit, detached	63.9%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Copiah County	Union County
Poverty rate	23.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1986	1985