Tunica County vs Webster County

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

Tunica 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.

Webster County has the higher population (9,942 vs 9,586 in Tunica County). Webster County has the higher median household income ($59,964 vs $38,402 in Tunica County). Tunica County has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $109,500 in Webster County).

Population, income & housing

	Tunica County	Webster County
Population	9,586	9,942
Median age	34.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,402	$59,964
Median home value	$154,500	$109,500
Median gross rent	$938	$618
Housing units	4,712	5,094
Homeownership rate	40.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tunica County	Webster County
Population	9,988 → 9,586 (-4.0%)	9,768 → 9,942 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$39,370 → $38,402 (-2.5%)	$45,730 → $59,964 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $154,500 (+44.3%)	$84,000 → $109,500 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $938 (+19.5%)	$528 → $618 (+17.0%)

Tunica County

Population

9,9889,586

Median household income

$39,370$38,402

Median home value

$107,100$154,500

Median gross rent

$785$938

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)

	Tunica County	Webster County
Under 5	8.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.6%
75 and over	3.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tunica County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	18.2%	78.0%
Black or African American	79.3%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tunica County	Webster County
No high school diploma	18.1%	15.8%
High school graduate	38.0%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tunica County	Webster County
Drove alone	82.8%	88.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tunica County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	44.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Tunica County	Webster County
Poverty rate	33.8%	15.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1994	1982