Forrest County vs Lowndes County

A side-by-side comparison of Forrest County and Lowndes County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forrest County has the higher population (78,027 vs 58,187 in Lowndes County). Lowndes County has the higher median household income ($54,460 vs $52,821 in Forrest County). Lowndes County has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $152,900 in Forrest County).

Population, income & housing

	Forrest County	Lowndes County
Population	78,027	58,187
Median age	31.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,821	$54,460
Median home value	$152,900	$157,400
Median gross rent	$960	$909
Housing units	33,672	27,044
Homeownership rate	57.1%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forrest County	Lowndes County
Population	75,224 → 78,027 (+3.7%)	59,150 → 58,187 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$39,840 → $52,821 (+32.6%)	$50,441 → $54,460 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $152,900 (+24.6%)	$134,200 → $157,400 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $960 (+24.2%)	$805 → $909 (+12.9%)

Forrest County

Population

75,22478,027

Median household income

$39,840$52,821

Median home value

$122,700$152,900

Median gross rent

$773$960

Lowndes County

Population

59,15058,187

Median household income

$50,441$54,460

Median home value

$134,200$157,400

Median gross rent

$805$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forrest County	Lowndes County
Under 5	6.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	16.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.1%
75 and over	5.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forrest County	Lowndes County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	49.8%
Black or African American	35.7%	43.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forrest County	Lowndes County
No high school diploma	9.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forrest County	Lowndes County
Drove alone	82.0%	86.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.1%	5.1%
Other means	4.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forrest County	Lowndes County
1-unit, detached	63.7%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	8.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Forrest County	Lowndes County
Poverty rate	21.5%	16.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1981	1981