Arcola, MS

Census Place

2024 Population

204

US Senator

Roger Wicker

Republican Party

US Senator

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

40.5

9.46% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

43.1%

18.8% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$27,875

4.53% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$87,000

Economy

The economy of Arcola, MS employs 56 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Arcola, MS were Health Care & Social Assistance (24 people), Manufacturing (19 people), and Construction (4 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($37,500), Health Care & Social Assistance ($37,500), and Manufacturing ($20,804).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 91

69.7%

1 Year growth

± 185%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Arcola, MS grew at a rate of 69.7%, from 33 employees to 56 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Arcola, MS, are Production Occupations (19 people), Healthcare Support Occupations (8 people), and Computer & Mathematical Occupations (8 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Arcola, MS.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Mississippi.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Mississippi (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 91

69.7%

1 Year growth

± 185%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Arcola, MS grew at a rate of 69.7%, from 33 employees to 56 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Arcola, MS, are Health Care & Social Assistance (24 people), Manufacturing (19 people), and Construction (4 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Arcola, MS, though some of these residents may live in Arcola, MS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$57,813

Median earning men ± $98,920

$21,989

Median earning women ± $4,045

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($37,500).

Housing & Living

People in Arcola, MS have an average commute time of 29.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Arcola, MS is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$87,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$27,895

$58

Median Property Taxes

±$49

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Arcola, MS the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Arcola, MS compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$27,875

Median Household Income

± $10,862

Number of Households

± 45

In 2024, the median household income of the 85 households in Arcola, MS grew to $27,875 from the previous year's value of $26,667.

The following chart displays the households in Arcola, MS distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $35k - $40k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Arcola, MS is from Mississippi.

0.447

2024 Wage GINI in Mississippi

0.45

2023 Wage GINI in Mississippi

In 2024, the income inequality in Mississippi was 0.447 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.74% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Mississippi was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Mississippi in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Mississippi across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (94.6%)
Walked (3.57%)
Taxi (1.79%)

In 2024, 94.6% of workers in Arcola, MS drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (3.57%) and those who used a taxi to get to work (1.79%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

29.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Arcola, MS have a longer commute time (29.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Arcola, MS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Arcola, MS compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Arcola, MS distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Arcola, MS have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

43.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Arcola, MS (88 out of 204 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Females 6 - 11 and then Females 15.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Arcola, MS is Black, followed by White and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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