What is the population of Cleary, MS?

Name: Cleary, MS City Data
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The resident count for Cleary is an ACS 5-year sample estimate (B01001); this FAQ does not restate it, see Data Snapshot.

City profile · Mississippi · Census ACS 2023

Cleary, MS

Cleary's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

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2,060
Residents: $924
Median rent (state)

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Sheet MS-CLEARY-MS · Cleary, MS 2,060 pop

POP-VILLAGE · INC-UNK · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · HOME-UNK · BOOK-UNK

POP-VILLAGE 2,060
INC-UNK Income pending
COL-BELOW 87.0
SAFE-UNK Safety pending
RANK-UNK Rank pending
GAP-UNK Gap pending
HOME-UNK Homes pending
BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cleary on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,060.

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Cleary - the verdict

Mississippi's Cleary counts 2,060 residents. Source: Census ACS.

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📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Cleary, MS

Mississippi's Cleary is a small town, with 2,060 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The median resident age is 39.1 years. 27.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 45.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Living costs in Mississippi run below the national norm: the state registers 87.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $924 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Mississippi run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.9 out of 100 (Low).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Cleary's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Cleary, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

What does the journey to work look like in Cleary?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 93.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.

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2. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Cleary?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Mississippi, the closest population matches are Mooreville (2,052 residents, $143,681 income); Tutwiler (2,049 residents, $33,836 income); Farmington (2,044 residents, $50,294 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Millville, DE (2,059 residents); Trenton, GA (2,061 residents); Ramseur, NC (2,061 residents). These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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Population

2,060 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

N/A /yr

Poverty 10.5%

Cost of Living Index (state)

87.0 (US=100)

Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average

City profile score · Cleary, MS

64/100

3 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Cost of living A+

87.0 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Bachelor's+ share C-

27.4%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate F

10.5%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Household income N/A

N/A

No ACS median household income on file for this place.

Violent crime N/A

N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Cleary profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)

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Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 87.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 53/100 (C-) · 27.4%
Poverty rate: 38/100 (F) · 10.5%

How does Cleary compare to other US cities?

Where Cleary sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.

Median rent 0% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Cleary against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Mississippi only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Mississippi-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Cleary near the bottom of Mississippi's cities

Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cleary ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cleary only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Gross Rent

#1 of 395

0th percentile in Mississippi

Poverty Rate

#256 of 393

35th percentile in Mississippi

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

#74 of 394

81st percentile in Mississippi

How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Mississippi only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

Income distribution context

Median household income is not available for Cleary in the current Census ACS release (common for very small places).

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 27.4%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 10.5%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 45.2%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population

2,060

Median Income

N/A

Median Home Value

N/A

Median Age

39.1

Poverty Rate

10.5%

Labor force participation

45.2%

Bachelor's Degree+

27.4%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone

93.0%

Carpool

3.6%

Public Transit

0.0%

Walk

0.0%

Work from Home

3.4%

Based on 745 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Mississippi statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Mississippi at $223 (electricity about $135 , water and sewer about $38 ).

These are Mississippi statewide averages, not a meter reading for Cleary. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Mississippi's BEA cost-of-living index is 87.0 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Cleary is $924/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Mississippi statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.9 / 100 (Low).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Mississippi statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Cleary sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Cleary compares to similar-size Mississippi cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City	Population	Median Household Income
Cleary (this city)	2,060	N/A
Mooreville	2,052	$143,681
Tutwiler	2,049	$33,836
Farmington	2,044	$50,294

Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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Citation & verification links

Data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCities

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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