Kemper County vs Tunica County

A side-by-side comparison of Kemper County and Tunica County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tunica County has the higher population (9,586 vs 8,855 in Kemper County). Kemper County has the higher median household income ($43,595 vs $38,402 in Tunica County). Tunica County has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $90,200 in Kemper County).

Population, income & housing

	Kemper County	Tunica County
Population	8,855	9,586
Median age	40.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,595	$38,402
Median home value	$90,200	$154,500
Median gross rent	$470	$938
Housing units	3,937	4,712
Homeownership rate	77.6%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kemper County	Tunica County
Population	9,943 → 8,855 (-10.9%)	9,988 → 9,586 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$31,103 → $43,595 (+40.2%)	$39,370 → $38,402 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $90,200 (+22.6%)	$107,100 → $154,500 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$402 → $470 (+16.9%)	$785 → $938 (+19.5%)

Kemper County

Population

9,9438,855

Median household income

$31,103$43,595

Median home value

$73,600$90,200

Median gross rent

$402$470

Tunica County

Population

9,9889,586

Median household income

$39,370$38,402

Median home value

$107,100$154,500

Median gross rent

$785$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kemper County	Tunica County
Under 5	5.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	14.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	9.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kemper County	Tunica County
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	18.2%
Black or African American	60.4%	79.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kemper County	Tunica County
No high school diploma	20.4%	18.1%
High school graduate	31.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kemper County	Tunica County
Drove alone	82.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.9%
Other means	3.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kemper County	Tunica County
1-unit, detached	69.2%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	21.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Kemper County	Tunica County
Poverty rate	24.6%	33.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1979	1994