Gulfport, MS (Mississippi) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 70,055 (Urban population: 66,187, Rural population: 3,868 (all nonfarm))

Gulfport, Mississippi Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 29,593 (26,949 occupied: 15,810 owner occupied, 11,139 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	41%
State:	28%

Housing density: 520 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $130,008.

Median contract rent in 2007: $620 (lower quartile is $440, upper quartile is $832)

Housing units in Gulfport with a mortgage: 9,244 (1,030 second mortgage, 635 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,719

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $128,900 (it was $77,900 in 2000)

Gulfport:	$128,900
Mississippi:	$96,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $93,900 - $165,200

Median year house/condo built: 1974

Median year apartment built: 1973

Household type by relationship

Households: 67,553

In family households: 56,069 (11,510 male householders, 6,293 female householders)
11,843 spouses, 20,750 children (18,830 natural, 635 adopted, 1,285 stepchildren), 1,899 grandchildren, 568 brothers or sisters, 530 parents, 936 other relatives, 1,740 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 11,484 (4,573 male householders (3,581 living alone)), 4,678 female householders (3,984 living alone)), 2,233 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 3,433 (1,480 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,116 2-persons, 4,579 3-persons, 3,435 4-persons, 1,700 5-persons, 525 6-persons, 448 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,565 1-person, 1,389 2-persons, 168 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

9,155 married couples with children.
6,344 single-parent households (1,041 men, 5,303 women).

94.8% of residents of Gulfport speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,878 (2.6%)
(47.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.3

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Gulfport, Mississippi:
	1 room: 19 2 rooms: 117 3 rooms: 703 4 rooms: 1,323 5 rooms: 4,058 6 rooms: 4,401 7 rooms: 2,784 8 rooms: 1,279 9 or more rooms: 1,126

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gulfport, Mississippi:
	1 room: 284 2 rooms: 1,025 3 rooms: 2,066 4 rooms: 3,295 5 rooms: 2,412 6 rooms: 1,237 7 rooms: 526 8 rooms: 235 9 or more rooms: 59

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 542
1995 to 1998: 2,362
1990 to 1994: 1,819
1980 to 1989: 4,455
1970 to 1979: 7,507
1960 to 1969: 6,174
1950 to 1959: 3,303
1940 to 1949: 1,782
1939 or earlier: 1,649

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Gulfport:
	no bedroom: 109 1 bedroom: 590 2 bedrooms: 2,763 3 bedrooms: 9,840 4 bedrooms: 2,123 5 or more bedrooms: 385

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gulfport:
	no bedroom: 316 1 bedroom: 2,772 2 bedrooms: 4,777 3 bedrooms: 2,807 4 bedrooms: 424 5 or more bedrooms: 43

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Gulfport in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 653 1 vehicle: 5,503 2 vehicles: 6,237 3 vehicles: 2,668 4 vehicles: 556 5 or more vehicles: 193

Cars and other vehicles available in Gulfport in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,411 1 vehicle: 5,866 2 vehicles: 3,227 3 vehicles: 503 4 vehicles: 101 5 or more vehicles: 31

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Gulfport, MS:

Less than $10,000: 164
$10,000 to $14,999: 82
$15,000 to $19,999: 152
$20,000 to $24,999: 180
$25,000 to $29,999: 82
$30,000 to $34,999: 84
$35,000 to $39,999: 87
$40,000 to $49,999: 258
$50,000 to $59,999: 392
$60,000 to $69,999: 576
$70,000 to $79,999: 685
$80,000 to $89,999: 847
$90,000 to $99,999: 932
$100,000 to $124,999: 2974
$125,000 to $149,999: 2723
$150,000 to $174,999: 1552
$175,000 to $199,999: 1018
$200,000 to $249,999: 1290
$250,000 to $299,999: 573
$300,000 to $399,999: 508
$400,000 to $499,999: 301
$500,000 to $749,999: 275
$750,000 to $999,999: 49
$1,000,000 or more: 82

Gulfport rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Gulfport:

Less than $100: 280 people
$100 to $149: 164
$150 to $199: 250
$200 to $249: 222
$250 to $299: 204
$300 to $349: 195
$350 to $399: 315
$400 to $449: 430
$450 to $499: 540
$500 to $549: 677
$550 to $599: 691
$600 to $649: 695
$650 to $699: 702
$700 to $749: 750
$750 to $799: 567
$800 to $899: 764
$900 to $999: 460
$1,000 to $1,249: 448
$1,250 to $1,499: 96
$1,500 to $1,999: 26
$2,000 or more: 2
No cash rent: 626

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 598 1990 to 1994: 232 1985 to 1989: 242 1980 to 1984: 173 1975 to 1979: 129 1970 to 1974: 111 1970 to 1974: 64 1965 to 1969: 329

Gulfport, MS Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.9%
Number of people working at home: 550 (1.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 994
5 to 9 minutes: 4226
10 to 14 minutes: 5749
15 to 19 minutes: 6246
20 to 24 minutes: 5590
25 to 29 minutes: 1844
30 to 34 minutes: 3732
35 to 39 minutes: 328
40 to 44 minutes: 342
45 to 59 minutes: 926
60 to 89 minutes: 624
90 or more minutes: 541

Gulfport mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 25,068 (79%)
Carpooled: 4,322 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 159 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Railroad: 5 (0%)
Taxi: 45 (0%)
Motorcycle: 25 (0%)
Bicycle: 88 (0%)
Walked: 1,121 (4%)
Other means: 300 (1%)
Worked at home: 550 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3631
$10,000 to $14,999: 2261
$15,000 to $19,999: 2015
$20,000 to $24,999: 2299
$25,000 to $29,999: 2083
$30,000 to $34,999: 2033
$35,000 to $39,999: 1796
$40,000 to $44,999: 1425
$45,000 to $49,999: 1318
$50,000 to $59,999: 2330
$60,000 to $74,999: 2296
$75,000 to $99,999: 2022
$100,000 to $124,999: 816
$125,000 to $149,999: 233
$150,000 to $199,999: 162
$200,000 or more: 334

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 24382

United States or American: 7467

English: 4185

Irish: 4130

German: 3625

French (except Basque): 2615

Italian: 1759

Scotch-Irish: 1072

Subsaharan African:: 839

African: 803

Scottish: 698

European: 667

Dutch: 434

Polish: 324

Welsh: 265

French Canadian: 252

Swedish: 233

Arab:: 217

British: 214

Norwegian: 195

Russian: 177

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 146

Iranian: 120

Danish: 94

Yugoslavian: 85

Egyptian: 79

Lebanese: 78

Finnish: 74

Canadian: 64

Austrian: 62

Jamaican: 55

Acadian/Cajun: 50

Syrian: 50

Portuguese: 44

Greek: 42

Croatian: 35

Lithuanian: 35

Hungarian: 33

British West Indian: 31

Belizean: 30

Scandinavian: 30

South African: 26

Belgian: 25

Armenian: 25

Czechoslovakian: 24

Romanian: 21

Celtic: 19

Guyanese: 19

Dutch West Indian: 15

Swiss: 15

Australian: 12

Czech: 11

Ukrainian: 11

Slovak: 10

Slavic: 10

Nigerian: 10

Arab/Arabic: 10

Northern European: 9

Alsatian: 9

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 8

Haitian: 8

Turkish: 7

Bermudan: 7

Eastern European: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Philippines (12%)
Mexico (9%)
Canada (6%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Germany (6%)
Iran (6%)
Egypt (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 40539
Northeast: 2732
Midwest: 5065
South: 16901
West: 3015

49% of Gulfport residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in Mississippi.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 257
Nursery to 4th grade: 205
5th and 6th grade: 297
7th and 8th grade: 766
9th grade: 429
10th grade: 785
11th grade: 652
12th grade, no diploma: 1,089
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,040
Less than 1 year of college: 1,628
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,907
Associate degree: 1,307
Bachelor's degree: 2,601
Master's degree: 858
Professional school degree: 531
Doctorate degree: 157

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 127
Nursery to 4th grade: 100
5th and 6th grade: 282
7th and 8th grade: 784
9th grade: 634
10th grade: 918
11th grade: 984
12th grade, no diploma: 987
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,582
Less than 1 year of college: 1,779
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,044
Associate degree: 1,650
Bachelor's degree: 2,928
Master's degree: 1,124
Professional school degree: 269
Doctorate degree: 89

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 13.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 9.3%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 21.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 15.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 11.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 10.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $42,786
Black householders: $26,084
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $85,218
Asian householders: $21,029
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $50,139
Some other race householders: $21,313
Two or more races householders: $7,449
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $58,819

Gulfport household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Gulfport household income for Black householders

Gulfport household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Gulfport household income for Two or more races householders

Gulfport household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Gulfport marital status for males

Gulfport marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $142,137
Black or African American householders: $105,568
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $86,870
Asian householders: $145,777
Some other race householders: $97,626
Two or more races householders: $154,878
Hispanic or Latino householders: $130,720

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 19,349
One, attached: 624
Two: 1,000
3 or 4: 1,289
5 to 9: 1,838
10 to 19: 1,131
20 to 49: 914
50 or more: 1,177
Mobile homes: 2,240
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 31

Median worth of mobile homes: $50,982

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Gulfport:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (53%) Electricity (44%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (66%) Utility gas (32%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 851

Here:	10.0%
Mississippi:	10.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 330

Here:	8.7%
Mississippi:	10.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 496

Here:	16.7%
Mississippi:	12.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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