Hollandale, MS

Census Place

2024 Population

2,378

US Senator

Roger Wicker

Republican Party

US Senator

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

2.65% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

39.4%

7.24% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$25,508

29.3% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$83,000

Economy

The economy of Hollandale, MS employs 801 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Hollandale, MS were Health Care & Social Assistance (213 people), Educational Services (116 people), and Retail Trade (98 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($83,393), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($62,450), and Educational Services ($51,563).

Employment

Occupations

801

2024 Value

± 213

8.54%

1 Year growth

± 33.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Hollandale, MS grew at a rate of 8.54%, from 738 employees to 801 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Hollandale, MS, are Healthcare Support Occupations (157 people), Production Occupations (116 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (93 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Hollandale, 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

801

2024 Value

± 213

8.54%

1 Year growth

± 33.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Hollandale, MS grew at a rate of 8.54%, from 738 employees to 801 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Hollandale, MS, are Health Care & Social Assistance (213 people), Educational Services (116 people), and Retail Trade (98 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Hollandale, MS, though some of these residents may live in Hollandale, MS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$28,139

Median earning men ± $17,063

$35,625

Median earning women ± $8,053

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($82,827), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($47,574), and Manufacturing ($28,611).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($36,875), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($36,525), and Retail Trade ($32,875).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Hollandale, MS was $83,000 in 2024, which is 0.249 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $88,700 to $83,000, a 6.43% decrease. The homeownership rate in Hollandale, MS is 49.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Hollandale, MS have an average commute time of 22.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Hollandale, MS is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$83,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$10,499

$438

Median Property Taxes

±$125

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

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

Rent vs Own

49.8%

Homeownership

2024

65.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 49.8% of the housing units in Hollandale, MS were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 57%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Hollandale, 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.

$25,508

Median Household Income

± $18,384

879

Number of Households

± 206

In 2024, the median household income of the 879 households in Hollandale, MS declined from $25,508 from the previous year's value of $36,058.

The following chart displays the households in Hollandale, 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 - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Hollandale, 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 (89.2%)
Carpooled (7.16%)
Worked At Home (1.88%)

In 2024, 89.2% of workers in Hollandale, MS drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (7.16%) and those who worked at home (1.88%).

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

22.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Hollandale, MS have a shorter commute time (22.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.94% of the workforce in Hollandale, MS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

39.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Hollandale, MS (928 out of 2.36k 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 < 5 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Hollandale, 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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