Issaquena County vs Sharkey County

A side-by-side comparison of Issaquena County and Sharkey County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sharkey County has the higher population (3,848 vs 1,095 in Issaquena County). Sharkey County has the higher median household income ($35,741 vs $29,271 in Issaquena County). Sharkey County has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $90,700 in Issaquena County).

Population, income & housing

	Issaquena County	Sharkey County
Population	1,095	3,848
Median age	49.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$29,271	$35,741
Median home value	$90,700	$108,000
Median gross rent	$253	$622
Housing units	438	1,673
Homeownership rate	63.3%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Issaquena County	Sharkey County
Population	1,361 → 1,095 (-19.5%)	4,404 → 3,848 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$24,208 → $29,271 (+20.9%)	$29,394 → $35,741 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $90,700 (+14.5%)	$64,400 → $108,000 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $253 (-32.5%)	$510 → $622 (+22.0%)

Issaquena County

Population

1,3611,095

Median household income

$24,208$29,271

Median home value

$79,200$90,700

Median gross rent

$375$253

Sharkey County

Population

4,4043,848

Median household income

$29,394$35,741

Median home value

$64,400$108,000

Median gross rent

$510$622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Issaquena County	Sharkey County
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	6.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	18.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.7%
75 and over	8.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Issaquena County	Sharkey County
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	25.6%
Black or African American	70.1%	73.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Issaquena County	Sharkey County
No high school diploma	32.7%	19.0%
High school graduate	41.3%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Issaquena County	Sharkey County
Drove alone	76.1%	79.8%
Carpooled	23.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	0.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Issaquena County	Sharkey County
1-unit, detached	56.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Issaquena County	Sharkey County
Poverty rate	17.2%	31.8%
Average household size	1.95	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1987	1977