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Place dossier plate
SheetMS-CRUGER-MS ยท Cruger, MS 333 pop ยท income 3rd pct
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.
Income neighbourhood around Cruger
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cruger on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Foxworth ยท lowest
21,212
Foxworth ยท lowest
21,212 median HH income
30.1% of the leader ยท rank #1
Paraje ยท near
30,284
Paraje ยท near
30,284 median HH income
43.0% of the leader ยท rank #2
Manchester ยท near
30,291
Manchester ยท near
30,291 median HH income
43.0% of the leader ยท rank #3
Cruger ยท this city
30,313
Cruger ยท this city
30,313 median HH income
43.0% of the leader ยท rank #4
Linden ยท near
30,313
Linden ยท near
30,313 median HH income
43.0% of the leader ยท rank #5
Tilden ยท near
30,341
Tilden ยท near
30,341 median HH income
43.1% of the leader ยท rank #6
Campbell Statโฆ ยท highest
70,417
Campbell Statโฆ ยท highest
70,417 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cruger 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: 333.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Cruger places in the 3rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
3rd
percentile, household income
3rd
percentile, home value
0th
percentile, median rent
๐ 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: Cruger, MS
333 people live in Cruger, Mississippi - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $30,313 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 34.2%. Typical homes in Cruger are valued around $74,200, and the median resident age is 38.6 years. About 18.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 40.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Mississippi run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Mississippi scores 87.0 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $924 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Mississippi, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 50.9 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cruger'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 population change to housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cruger, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Cruger growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -26 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -9.6% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
How far does income reach against housing in Cruger?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 34.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cruger?
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 Foxworth (335 residents, $21,212 income); Pittsboro (337 residents); Sledge (327 residents, $47,688 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Campbell Station, AR (333 residents); Glencoe, CA (333 residents); Damascus, GA (333 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Cruger?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.4%. 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. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Lowest-decile income ยท poverty 34.2% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.0 (US=100)
Very affordable ยท BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average
F
City profile score ยท Cruger, MS
30/100
4 published dimensions ยท 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 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
18.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$30,313
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
34.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cruger profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) ยท 87.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 30/100 (F) ยท 18.5%
Household income: 0/100 (F) ยท $30,313
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) ยท 34.2%
How does Cruger compare to other US cities?
Here's how Cruger stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income3% higher than other cities
Home value3% pricier than other cities
Median rent0% 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 Cruger 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 Cruger near the bottom of Mississippi's cities
Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cruger ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cruger only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#295 of 345
14th percentile in Mississippi
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Mississippi
Median Home Value
#297 of 348
15th percentile in Mississippi
Poverty Rate
#54 of 393
86th percentile in Mississippi
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#178 of 394
54th 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.
Gauge source note
3rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cruger's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$74,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 97% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates ยท 2023
Cruger's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.4ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0ร
National rank
#3,738 of 15,516
More affordable than 76% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,387 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.4ร, Cruger sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,738 of 15,516 and #3,387 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$30,313Cruger, MS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cruger, MS median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Cruger, MS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)34.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)40.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
333
Median Income
$30,313
Median Home Value
$74,200
Median Age
38.6
Poverty Rate
34.2%
Labor force participation
40.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.5%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020โ2025
Cruger's Census PEP population estimates, 2020โ2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
270 residents
2021
264 residents
2022
257 residents
2023
253 residents
2024
247 residents
2025
244 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.4%
Carpool
11.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.3%
Other
7.0%
Based on 115 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 Cruger. 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 Cruger 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 Cruger sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cruger 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.
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.