Bogue Chitto, MS

Census Place

2024 Population

309

US Senator

Roger Wicker

Republican Party

US Senator

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

31.6

7.12% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

14.2%

151% 1-year increase

2017 Median Household Income

$16,778

36.3% 1-year decline

2022 Median Property Value

$53,100

Economy

The economy of Bogue Chitto, MS employs 179 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Bogue Chitto, MS were Accommodation & Food Services (80 people), Educational Services (34 people), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (33 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($24,183), Educational Services ($23,365), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($7,026).

Employment

Occupations

179

2024 Value

± 151

−33.5%

1 Year decline

± 174%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bogue Chitto, MS declined at a rate of −33.5%, from 269 employees to 179 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bogue Chitto, MS, are Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (59 people), Computer & Mathematical Occupations (33 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (29 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bogue Chitto, 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

179

2024 Value

± 151

−33.5%

1 Year decline

± 174%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bogue Chitto, MS declined at a rate of −33.5%, from 269 employees to 179 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bogue Chitto, MS, are Accommodation & Food Services (80 people), Educational Services (34 people), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (33 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bogue Chitto, MS, though some of these residents may live in Bogue Chitto, MS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$21,875

Median earning men ± $84,843

$23,702

Median earning women ± $20,486

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 ($24,567).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Bogue Chitto, MS was $53,100 in 2022, which is 0.16 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $40,400 to $53,100, a 31.4% increase. The homeownership rate in Bogue Chitto, MS is 65.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Bogue Chitto, MS have an average commute time of 27.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bogue Chitto, MS is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$53,100

Median Property Value 2022

±$6,662

$50

Median Property Taxes

±$62

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 Bogue Chitto, MS the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Bogue Chitto, 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.

$16,778

Median Household Income

± $12,920

Number of Households

± 74

In 2017, the median household income of the 76 households in Bogue Chitto, MS declined from $16,778 from the previous year's value of $26,359.

The following chart displays the households in Bogue Chitto, 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 < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Bogue Chitto, 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 (78.2%)
Carpooled (21.8%)

In 2024, 78.2% of workers in Bogue Chitto, MS drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (21.8%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

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

27.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Bogue Chitto, MS have a longer commute time (27.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.35% of the workforce in Bogue Chitto, MS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Bogue Chitto, MS distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bogue Chitto, MS have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

14.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Bogue Chitto, MS (44 out of 309 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 25 - 34, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Bogue Chitto, MS is Native American, followed by White and Black.

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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