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Place dossier plate
SheetMS-PASCAGOULA-MS · Pascagoula, MS 21,812 pop · income 11th pct · 43 tracts
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 Pascagoula
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pascagoula on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Carbondale · lowest
29,670
Carbondale · lowest
29,670 median HH income
16.5% of the leader · rank #1
Wytheville · near
43,283
Wytheville · near
43,283 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #2
Pascagoula · this city
43,286
Pascagoula · this city
43,286 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #3
Dardanelle · near
43,287
Dardanelle · near
43,287 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #4
West Sharyland · near
43,288
West Sharyland · near
43,288 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #5
Marysvale · near
43,289
Marysvale · near
43,289 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #6
Massapequa · highest
179,844
Massapequa · highest
179,844 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 Pascagoula 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: 21,812.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Pascagoula - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Pascagoula lands in the 11th percentile for household income and the 3rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
11th
percentile, household income
21st
percentile, home value
0th
percentile, median rent
3rd
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: Pascagoula, MS
21,812 people live in Pascagoula, Mississippi - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Pascagoula households earn a median of $43,286 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 26.6%. Home values in Pascagoula run a median of $132,500, and the median resident age is 34.6 years. 19.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 50.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 7 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Slowing), down 12% from five years earlier. Pascagoula's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 5196.9 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, above the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 65.2°F with 70.4 inches of precipitation per year.
Living costs in Mississippi run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Mississippi at 87.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $924 monthly. 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 Pascagoula'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 climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist to within-city variation to work and mobility to schools and households to population change to reported crime to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pascagoula, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Pascagoula?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 65.2°F, with 70.4 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Mississippi is 50.9 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Pascagoula?
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 Vicksburg (20,944 residents, $42,484 income); Columbus (23,616 residents, $40,588 income); Ridgeland (24,548 residents, $63,470 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Suwanee, GA (21,811 residents); Carbondale, IL (21,813 residents); Merrick, NY (21,816 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 can 43 Census tracts reveal inside Pascagoula?
PlainCities matches 43 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
What does the journey to work look like in Pascagoula?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.7%. 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.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Pascagoula?
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 10 public schools within the city match. 19.6% 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
26.6%
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%
Matched public schools
10
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Is Pascagoula growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -569 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 7 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 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.
2020 estimate
21,978
2025 estimate
21,409
Period change
-2.6%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Pascagoula?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 5196.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 128% higher 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
5196.9
Violent rate
326.3
Property rate
4870.7
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
How far does income reach against housing in Pascagoula?
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 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 26.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.1×
Home value
$132,500
Household income
$43,286
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Low income · poverty 26.6% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.0 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average
F
City profile score · Pascagoula, MS
34/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
19.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
326 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$43,286
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
26.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Pascagoula profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 87.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 33/100 (F) · 19.6%
Violent crime: 29/100 (F) · 326 /100k
Household income: 11/100 (F) · $43,286
Poverty rate: 4/100 (F) · 26.6%
Where Pascagoula sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Pascagoula'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 - Pascagoula highlighted among 27 peers.Read the chart values
Pascagoula, MS (this city): home $132,500, crime 5,197/100k
Suwanee, GA : home $439,700, crime 3,235/100k
Carbondale, IL : home $124,800, crime 4,690/100k
Vicksburg, MS : home $117,000, crime 4,428/100k
Ridgeland, MS : home $259,600, crime 1,700/100k
Gautier, MS : home $162,700, crime 2,171/100k
Brandon, MS : home $255,900, crime 463/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Pascagoula compare to other US cities?
Where Pascagoula sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income11% higher than other cities
Home value21% pricier than other cities
Median rent0% pricier than other cities
Safety3% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Mississippi, Pascagoula ranks #56 of 56 Mississippi cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Pascagoula 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 Pascagoula near the bottom of Mississippi's cities
Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pascagoula ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pascagoula only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#189 of 345
45th percentile in Mississippi
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Mississippi
Median Home Value
#118 of 348
66th percentile in Mississippi
Poverty Rate
#101 of 393
74th percentile in Mississippi
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#163 of 394
59th 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
11th percentile nationally for median household income · 3rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Pascagoula's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Pascagoula'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 Pascagoula's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$132,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 79% 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
Pascagoula's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,007 of 15,516
More affordable than 55% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#995 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Pascagoula sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,007 of 15,516 and #995 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$43,286Pascagoula, MS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pascagoula, 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 Pascagoula, MS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)26.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
21,812
Median Income
$43,286
Median Home Value
$132,500
Median Age
34.6
Poverty Rate
26.6%
Labor force participation
50.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
19.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
5196.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
326.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
4870.7
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.
Climate
Avg Temperature
65.2°F
Annual Precipitation
70.4"
Annual Snowfall
0.0"
Schools
Total Schools
10
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Pascagoula's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
21,978 residents
2021
21,906 residents
2022
21,681 residents
2023
21,582 residents
2024
21,494 residents
2025
21,409 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
7
housing units authorized
Single-Family
7
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
8
8
0
$2.6M
2020
10
10
0
$3.2M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
4
4
0
$1.3M
2023
7
7
0
$2.1M
2024
7
7
0
$2.1M
Permit volume decreased 12% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.7%
Carpool
8.0%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
2.4%
Other
0.8%
Based on 8,208 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 Pascagoula. 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 Pascagoula 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 Pascagoula sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pascagoula 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.