Panola County vs Pontotoc County

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

Panola 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.

Panola County has the higher population (32,965 vs 31,312 in Pontotoc County). Pontotoc County has the higher median household income ($52,741 vs $43,990 in Panola County). Pontotoc County has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $121,500 in Panola County).

Population, income & housing

	Panola County	Pontotoc County
Population	32,965	31,312
Median age	39.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,990	$52,741
Median home value	$121,500	$141,700
Median gross rent	$859	$848
Housing units	14,691	14,076
Homeownership rate	68.8%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panola County	Pontotoc County
Population	34,190 → 32,965 (-3.6%)	31,618 → 31,312 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$38,304 → $43,990 (+14.8%)	$44,759 → $52,741 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $121,500 (+45.9%)	$106,500 → $141,700 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $859 (+26.5%)	$722 → $848 (+17.5%)

Panola County

Population

34,19032,965

Median household income

$38,304$43,990

Median home value

$83,300$121,500

Median gross rent

$679$859

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)

	Panola County	Pontotoc County
Under 5	6.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.9%
75 and over	6.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panola County	Pontotoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	74.8%
Black or African American	48.0%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panola County	Pontotoc County
No high school diploma	16.3%	21.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panola County	Pontotoc County
Drove alone	88.5%	86.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	10.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panola County	Pontotoc County
1-unit, detached	69.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Panola County	Pontotoc County
Poverty rate	24.1%	14.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1986	1986