Marshall County vs Pontotoc County

A side-by-side comparison of Marshall County and Pontotoc County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marshall County has the higher population (33,899 vs 31,312 in Pontotoc County). Pontotoc County has the higher median household income ($52,741 vs $51,875 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($172,200 vs $141,700 in Pontotoc County).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall County	Pontotoc County
Population	33,899	31,312
Median age	41.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$52,741
Median home value	$172,200	$141,700
Median gross rent	$926	$848
Housing units	15,308	14,076
Homeownership rate	76.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall County	Pontotoc County
Population	35,599 → 33,899 (-4.8%)	31,618 → 31,312 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$42,233 → $51,875 (+22.8%)	$44,759 → $52,741 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $172,200 (+59.6%)	$106,500 → $141,700 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $926 (+28.3%)	$722 → $848 (+17.5%)

Marshall County

Population

35,59933,899

Median household income

$42,233$51,875

Median home value

$107,900$172,200

Median gross rent

$722$926

Pontotoc County

Population

31,61831,312

Median household income

$44,759$52,741

Median home value

$106,500$141,700

Median gross rent

$722$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshall County	Pontotoc County
Under 5	5.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.9%
75 and over	6.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall County	Pontotoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	74.8%
Black or African American	43.6%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall County	Pontotoc County
No high school diploma	18.4%	21.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall County	Pontotoc County
Drove alone	86.4%	86.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall County	Pontotoc County
1-unit, detached	71.3%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshall County	Pontotoc County
Poverty rate	22.8%	14.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1991	1986