Holmes County vs Winston County

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

Holmes 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 16,491 in Holmes County). Winston County has the higher median household income ($49,071 vs $29,434 in Holmes County). Winston County has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $76,500 in Holmes County).

Population, income & housing

	Holmes County	Winston County
Population	16,491	17,609
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,434	$49,071
Median home value	$76,500	$121,200
Median gross rent	$589	$654
Housing units	7,573	8,231
Homeownership rate	60.6%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holmes County	Winston County
Population	17,737 → 16,491 (-7.0%)	18,229 → 17,609 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$21,504 → $29,434 (+36.9%)	$34,724 → $49,071 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $76,500 (+26.7%)	$84,900 → $121,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $589 (+9.7%)	$697 → $654 (-6.2%)

Holmes County

Population

17,73716,491

Median household income

$21,504$29,434

Median home value

$60,400$76,500

Median gross rent

$537$589

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)

	Holmes County	Winston County
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.3%
75 and over	6.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holmes County	Winston County
White (non-Hispanic)	14.2%	49.5%
Black or African American	82.4%	47.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holmes County	Winston County
No high school diploma	17.6%	16.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holmes County	Winston County
Drove alone	87.8%	84.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.4%
Other means	1.7%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holmes County	Winston County
1-unit, detached	60.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Holmes County	Winston County
Poverty rate	38.0%	30.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1983	1979