Jasper County vs Winston County

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

Jasper 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 16,211 in Jasper County). Winston County has the higher median household income ($49,071 vs $47,157 in Jasper County). Winston County has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $118,600 in Jasper County).

Population, income & housing

	Jasper County	Winston County
Population	16,211	17,609
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,157	$49,071
Median home value	$118,600	$121,200
Median gross rent	$809	$654
Housing units	8,097	8,231
Homeownership rate	83.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jasper County	Winston County
Population	16,505 → 16,211 (-1.8%)	18,229 → 17,609 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$35,872 → $47,157 (+31.5%)	$34,724 → $49,071 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $118,600 (+50.1%)	$84,900 → $121,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $809 (+40.0%)	$697 → $654 (-6.2%)

Jasper County

Population

16,50516,211

Median household income

$35,872$47,157

Median home value

$79,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$578$809

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)

	Jasper County	Winston County
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.3%
75 and over	8.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jasper County	Winston County
White (non-Hispanic)	44.6%	49.5%
Black or African American	53.2%	47.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jasper County	Winston County
No high school diploma	10.4%	16.4%
High school graduate	45.8%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jasper County	Winston County
Drove alone	90.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.4%
Other means	1.6%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jasper County	Winston County
1-unit, detached	64.5%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Jasper County	Winston County
Poverty rate	18.9%	30.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1989	1979