Oktibbeha County vs Warren County

A side-by-side comparison of Oktibbeha County and Warren County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oktibbeha County has the higher population (51,473 vs 43,623 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($56,648 vs $43,482 in Oktibbeha County). Oktibbeha County has the higher median home value ($219,500 vs $144,400 in Warren County).

Population, income & housing

	Oktibbeha County	Warren County
Population	51,473	43,623
Median age	25.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,482	$56,648
Median home value	$219,500	$144,400
Median gross rent	$873	$889
Housing units	25,426	21,542
Homeownership rate	47.5%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oktibbeha County	Warren County
Population	49,512 → 51,473 (+4.0%)	46,519 → 43,623 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$40,453 → $43,482 (+7.5%)	$45,113 → $56,648 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$162,900 → $219,500 (+34.7%)	$128,400 → $144,400 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $873 (+10.8%)	$720 → $889 (+23.5%)

Oktibbeha County

Population

49,51251,473

Median household income

$40,453$43,482

Median home value

$162,900$219,500

Median gross rent

$788$873

Warren County

Population

46,51943,623

Median household income

$45,113$56,648

Median home value

$128,400$144,400

Median gross rent

$720$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oktibbeha County	Warren County
Under 5	4.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	31.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.3%
75 and over	5.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oktibbeha County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	46.5%
Black or African American	36.1%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oktibbeha County	Warren County
No high school diploma	9.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	22.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oktibbeha County	Warren County
Drove alone	81.5%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oktibbeha County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	48.5%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	8.5%
20 or more units	6.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Oktibbeha County	Warren County
Poverty rate	28.6%	20.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1992	1977