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Place dossier plate
SheetMS-TUCKER-MS · Tucker, MS 497 pop · income 45th 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 Tucker
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Tucker on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bradley · lowest
30,732
Bradley · lowest
30,732 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #1
Newell · near
66,406
Newell · near
66,406 median HH income
82.9% of the leader · rank #2
Sunfield · near
66,406
Sunfield · near
66,406 median HH income
82.9% of the leader · rank #3
Prosser · near
66,406
Prosser · near
66,406 median HH income
82.9% of the leader · rank #4
Tucker · this city
66,417
Tucker · this city
66,417 median HH income
82.9% of the leader · rank #5
Shirley · near
66,429
Shirley · near
66,429 median HH income
82.9% of the leader · rank #6
Cowan · highest
80,101
Cowan · highest
80,101 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Tucker 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: 497.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Tucker places in the 45th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
45th
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Tucker, MS
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 497 residents in Tucker, a small town within Mississippi. Tucker households earn a median of $66,417 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 33.0%. The median resident age is 23.6 years. Educational attainment runs 2.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 54.4% 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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Mississippi's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). 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 Tucker'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 Tucker, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count; 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 Tucker?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 16.9%. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Tucker?
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 Soso (497 residents, $65,521 income); Shubuta (502 residents, $48,750 income); New Hamilton (491 residents, $32,713 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bellefonte, AR (497 residents); Bradley, AR (497 residents); Leola, AR (497 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.
Below median income · poverty 33.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.0 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average
F
City profile score · Tucker, MS
38/100
4 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.
Household income D
$66,417
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
33.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Tucker profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 87.0 index
Household income: 44/100 (D) · $66,417
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 33.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.1%
How does Tucker compare to other US cities?
Where Tucker sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income45% higher 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 Tucker 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 Tucker near the bottom of Mississippi's cities
Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Tucker ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Tucker only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#62 of 345
82nd percentile in Mississippi
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Mississippi
Poverty Rate
#58 of 393
85th percentile in Mississippi
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#373 of 394
5th 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
45th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$66,417Tucker, MS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Tucker, 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 Tucker, MS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)33.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
497
Median Income
$66,417
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
23.6
Poverty Rate
33.0%
Labor force participation
54.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
16.9%
Carpool
83.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 142 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 Tucker. 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 Tucker 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 Tucker sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Tucker 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.