Pike County vs Warren County

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

Pike 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.

Warren County has the higher population (43,623 vs 39,930 in Pike County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($56,648 vs $41,578 in Pike County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $110,500 in Pike County).

Population, income & housing

	Pike County	Warren County
Population	39,930	43,623
Median age	37.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,578	$56,648
Median home value	$110,500	$144,400
Median gross rent	$879	$889
Housing units	19,109	21,542
Homeownership rate	66.9%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pike County	Warren County
Population	39,532 → 39,930 (+1.0%)	46,519 → 43,623 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$31,784 → $41,578 (+30.8%)	$45,113 → $56,648 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $110,500 (+15.7%)	$128,400 → $144,400 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $879 (+22.6%)	$720 → $889 (+23.5%)

Pike County

Population

39,53239,930

Median household income

$31,784$41,578

Median home value

$95,500$110,500

Median gross rent

$717$879

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)

	Pike County	Warren County
Under 5	6.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.3%
75 and over	6.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pike County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	46.5%
Black or African American	54.1%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pike County	Warren County
No high school diploma	17.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pike County	Warren County
Drove alone	81.0%	87.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.9%
Other means	2.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pike County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	59.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	25.8%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Pike County	Warren County
Poverty rate	27.5%	20.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1983	1977