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Place dossier plate
SheetMS-LONG-BEACH-MS · Long Beach, MS 16,876 pop · income 51st 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 Long Beach
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Long Beach on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Clarksdale · lowest
35,210
Clarksdale · lowest
35,210 median HH income
22.9% of the leader · rank #1
Lloydsville · near
71,118
Lloydsville · near
71,118 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #2
Tullytown · near
71,118
Tullytown · near
71,118 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #3
Long Beach · this city
71,121
Long Beach · this city
71,121 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #4
Delavan · near
71,121
Delavan · near
71,121 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #5
Kachemak · near
71,125
Kachemak · near
71,125 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #6
Damascus · highest
153,994
Damascus · highest
153,994 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Long Beach on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 16,876.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Long Beach - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Long Beach places in the 51st percentile for household income and the 61st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
51st
percentile, household income
44th
percentile, home value
0th
percentile, median rent
61st
percentile, safety
📝 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: Long Beach, MS
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 16,876 residents in Long Beach, a small town within Mississippi. The typical household in Long Beach brings in $71,121 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.0%. Typical homes in Long Beach are valued around $205,300, and the median resident age is 39.8 years. Educational attainment runs 32.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 56.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 96 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Slowing), down 21% from five years earlier. Long Beach reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1073.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $924 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Mississippi run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Long Beach report an average commute of 21.4 minutes, with 83.6% driving alone and 6.8% working from home. 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 Long Beach'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 to housing and income to population change to reported crime to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Long Beach, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for 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 Long Beach?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.4 minutes.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Long Beach?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Mississippi, the closest population matches are Laurel (17,129 residents, $37,781 income); Hernando (17,580 residents, $71,451 income); Ocean Springs (18,561 residents, $78,929 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Milledgeville, GA (16,873 residents); New Milford, NJ (16,882 residents); Live Oak, CA (16,866 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Long Beach?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Long Beach growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +505 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 96 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Long Beach?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1073.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 53% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1073.1
Violent rate
82.1
Property rate
991.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the education layer cover for Long Beach?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 32.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
6.0%
Bachelor's degree+
32.9%
Matched public schools
5
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 6.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.0 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average
B-
City profile score · Long Beach, MS
68/100
5 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.
Violent crime B+
82 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$71,121
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Long Beach profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 87.0 index
Violent crime: 75/100 (B+) · 82 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 63/100 (C+) · 32.9%
Poverty rate: 59/100 (C) · 6.0%
Household income: 51/100 (C-) · $71,121
Where Long Beach sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Long Beach's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Long Beach highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Long Beach, MS (this city): home $205,300, crime 1,073/100k
Milledgeville, GA : home $184,400, crime 3,889/100k
New Milford, NJ : home $554,800, crime 498/100k
El Segundo, CA : home $1,521,600, crime 5,977/100k
Manor, TX : home $333,800, crime 1,718/100k
Laurel, MS : home $110,200, crime 4,840/100k
Hernando, MS : home $282,200, crime 565/100k
Gautier, MS : home $162,700, crime 2,171/100k
Corinth, MS : home $164,200, crime 3,493/100k
How does Long Beach compare to other US cities?
Here's how Long Beach stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income51% higher than other cities
Home value44% pricier than other cities
Median rent0% pricier than other cities
Safety61% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Mississippi and the picture shifts: Long Beach ranks #12 of 56 Mississippi cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Long Beach 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 Long Beach near the bottom of Mississippi's cities
Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Long Beach ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Long Beach only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#51 of 345
85th percentile in Mississippi
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Mississippi
Median Home Value
#41 of 348
88th percentile in Mississippi
Poverty Rate
#303 of 393
22nd percentile in Mississippi
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#53 of 394
87th 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
51st percentile nationally for median household income · 61st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Long Beach's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Long Beach's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Long Beach's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$205,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 56% 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 · 2023
Long Beach's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,036 of 15,516
More affordable than 61% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#740 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.9×, Long Beach sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,036 of 15,516 and #740 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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 ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$71,121Long Beach, MS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Long Beach, 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 Long Beach, MS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
16,876
Median Income
$71,121
Median Home Value
$205,300
Median Age
39.8
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Labor force participation
56.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1073.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
82.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
991.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Long Beach's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
16,804 residents
2021
16,891 residents
2022
17,085 residents
2023
17,043 residents
2024
17,283 residents
2025
17,309 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
96
housing units authorized
Single-Family
94
detached homes
Multifamily
2
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
5.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
121
117
4
$19.2M
2020
166
146
20
$27.2M
2021
142
142
0
$28.5M
2022
133
117
16
$33.4M
2023
160
160
0
$43.8M
2024
96
94
2
$25.8M
Permit volume decreased 21% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.4 minutes
Drive Alone
83.6%
Carpool
7.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
6.8%
Other
1.4%
Based on 7,656 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 Long Beach. 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 Long Beach 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 Long Beach sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Long Beach 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.