Duncan, MS

Census Place

2024 Population

477

US Senator

Roger Wicker

Republican Party

US Senator

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

41.2

8.85% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

20.3%

9.41% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$49,041

6.11% 1-year growth

2023 Median Property Value

$9,999

Economy

The economy of Duncan, MS employs 150 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Duncan, MS were Transportation & Warehousing (58 people), Other Services, Except Public Administration (18 people), and Manufacturing (18 people), and the highest paying industries were Other Services Except Public Administration ($29,000), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($20,833), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($20,833).

Employment

Occupations

150

2024 Value

± 120

30.4%

1 Year growth

± 99.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Duncan, MS grew at a rate of 30.4%, from 115 employees to 150 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Duncan, MS, are Transportation Occupations (74 people), Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations (15 people), and Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations (14 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Duncan, 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

150

2024 Value

± 120

30.4%

1 Year growth

± 99.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Duncan, MS grew at a rate of 30.4%, from 115 employees to 150 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Duncan, MS, are Transportation & Warehousing (58 people), Other Services, Except Public Administration (18 people), and Manufacturing (18 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Duncan, MS, though some of these residents may live in Duncan, MS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Housing & Living

People in Duncan, MS have an average commute time of 19.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Duncan, MS is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$136

Median Property Taxes

±$90

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 Duncan, MS the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Rent vs Own

89.5%

Homeownership

2024

71.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 89.5% of the housing units in Duncan, MS were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 89.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Duncan, MS compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

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

$49,041

Median Household Income

± $669

152

Number of Households

± 84

In 2024, the median household income of the 152 households in Duncan, MS grew to $49,041 from the previous year's value of $46,219.

The following chart displays the households in Duncan, 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 $45k - $50k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Duncan, 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 (87.3%)
Worked At Home (9.33%)
Carpooled (3.33%)

In 2024, 87.3% of workers in Duncan, MS drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.33%) and those who carpooled to work (3.33%).

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

19.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Duncan, MS have a shorter commute time (19.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.47% of the workforce in Duncan, MS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

20.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Duncan, MS (83 out of 408 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 16 - 17, followed by Females 65 - 74 and then Females 45 - 54.

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

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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