Noxubee County vs Webster County

A side-by-side comparison of Noxubee County and Webster County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Noxubee County has the higher population (10,136 vs 9,942 in Webster County). Webster County has the higher median household income ($59,964 vs $38,814 in Noxubee County). Webster County has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $85,200 in Noxubee County).

Population, income & housing

	Noxubee County	Webster County
Population	10,136	9,942
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,814	$59,964
Median home value	$85,200	$109,500
Median gross rent	$590	$618
Housing units	4,728	5,094
Homeownership rate	75.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noxubee County	Webster County
Population	10,700 → 10,136 (-5.3%)	9,768 → 9,942 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$33,784 → $38,814 (+14.9%)	$45,730 → $59,964 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $85,200 (+42.7%)	$84,000 → $109,500 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $590 (+10.9%)	$528 → $618 (+17.0%)

Noxubee County

Population

10,70010,136

Median household income

$33,784$38,814

Median home value

$59,700$85,200

Median gross rent

$532$590

Webster County

Population

9,7689,942

Median household income

$45,730$59,964

Median home value

$84,000$109,500

Median gross rent

$528$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Noxubee County	Webster County
Under 5	7.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.6%
75 and over	6.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noxubee County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	25.3%	78.0%
Black or African American	73.8%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noxubee County	Webster County
No high school diploma	20.1%	15.8%
High school graduate	41.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noxubee County	Webster County
Drove alone	86.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noxubee County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	66.5%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Noxubee County	Webster County
Poverty rate	25.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1978	1982