Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Interactive maps of population, income, age, housing, education and health for Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, beside the state and national figures.

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
Total Population	10,188	2,946,779	334,922,499
Median Household Income	$67,442	$56,447	$80,734
Median Age	53.3	38.6	38.9
Bachelor's Degree or Higher	38.3%	25.1%	35.7%
Median Home Value	$260,200	$169,800	$332,700
Median Gross Rent	$1,179	$954	$1,413
Poverty Rate	14.5%	18.9%	12.5%
Unemployment Rate	7.8%	5.8%	5.2%
Foreign Born	2.7%	2.4%	14.1%
Homeownership Rate	76.7%	70.0%	65.2%
Average Commute Time	27.1	25.6	26.4
Worked from Home	15.6%	5.9%	15.1%
Married-Couple Households	49.3%	43.5%	46.9%

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Race and ethnicity in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	55.2%	57.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	4.6%	3.7%	19.3%
Black (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	36.3%	11.9%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	1.0%	5.9%
Two or More Races (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	3.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
Some Other Race (non-Hispanic)	2.5%	0.3%	0.6%
Diversity Index	40.6	56.1	61.4

Age in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
Median Age	53.3	38.6	38.9
Under 18 %	13.9%	23.3%	22.0%
Age 18-24 %	5.5%	9.8%	9.1%
Age 25-34 %	7.0%	12.6%	13.7%
Age 35-44 %	11.3%	12.6%	13.2%
Age 45-64 %	34.1%	24.6%	24.8%
Age 65 and Over %	28.2%	17.2%	17.2%

Households and families in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
Households	5,088	1,145,431	129,227,496
Average Household Size	2.0	2.5	2.5
Family Households	64.7%	65.3%	64.2%
Households with Children	19.1%	31.1%	29.5%
Single-Parent Families	15.4%	21.8%	17.3%
People Living Alone	31.5%	30.2%	28.7%
Never Married	19.7%	34.2%	34.4%

Income and poverty in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
Per Capita Income	$55,519	$31,549	$44,673
Households Under $25,000	19.4%	23.1%	14.6%
Households $50,000 to $74,999	18.6%	16.5%	15.5%
Households $100,000 to $149,999	16.1%	14.4%	17.5%
Households $200,000 or More	12.8%	5.8%	13.4%
Poverty Rate	14.5%	18.9%	12.5%
Below 200% of Poverty	28.8%	40.1%	28.2%
SNAP Households	10.4%	13.5%	n/a

Housing in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
Housing Units	6,418	1,341,114	143,775,355
Single-Family Detached Homes	81.5%	69.3%	61.3%
Buildings with 5+ Units	9.7%	9.2%	19.1%
Vacancy Rate	20.7%	14.6%	10.1%
Median Year Structure Built	1,995.0	1,986.0	1,980.0
Renter-Occupied	23.3%	30.0%	34.8%
Rent as % of Household Income	30.7%	30.7%	30.6%
Median Property Tax	$1,976	$1,215	n/a

Education in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
Less than High School	9.4%	12.9%	10.4%
High School Graduate	21.6%	29.9%	26.0%
Some College or Associate Degree	30.7%	32.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's Degree	22.5%	15.3%	21.6%
Graduate or Professional Degree	15.8%	9.9%	14.1%

Work and commuting in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
Labour Force Participation	57.6%	57.4%	63.5%
Drove Alone to Work	74.6%	81.8%	68.8%
Public Transit	0.0%	0.3%	3.2%
Walked to Work	1.9%	1.3%	2.4%
Commutes Under 15 Minutes	32.7%	28.6%	26.0%
Commutes Over an Hour	12.4%	7.6%	8.6%
Households Without a Car	6.3%	6.3%	n/a

Origins and language in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Statistic	Bay St. Louis	Mississippi	United States
Born in State of Residence	42.8%	70.8%	57.3%
Naturalised Citizens	1.9%	1.0%	7.4%
Non-Citizens	0.8%	1.4%	6.8%
Speaks Only English at Home	94.5%	95.7%	77.7%
Speaks Spanish at Home	3.6%	2.7%	13.6%
Limited English Proficiency	5.3%	3.1%	16.7%

Cities near Bay St. Louis

Figures are American Community Survey five-year estimates for the place itself, not for the county around it. Small places carry wide margins of error.