Southaven, MS (Mississippi) Houses and Residents

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Southaven Apartments for Rent

Total population: 44,076 (Urban population: 40,791, Rural population: 3,285 (50 farm, 3,235 nonfarm))

Southaven, Mississippi Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 11,486 (11,039 occupied: 7,984 owner occupied, 3,055 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	28%
State:	28%

Housing density: 340 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: $678 (lower quartile is $691, upper quartile is $771)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $711

Median gross rent in Southaven, MS in 2007: $819

Housing units in Southaven with a mortgage: 5,900 (548 second mortgage, 409 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,597

Southaven,MS index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $142,300 (it was $90,400 in 2000)

Southaven:	$142,300
Mississippi:	$96,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $105,968 - $194,227

Household type by relationship

Households: 28,962

In family households: 25,581 (6,458 male householders, 1,800 female householders)
6,518 spouses, 8,925 children (7,779 natural, 241 adopted, 905 stepchildren), 568 grandchildren, 201 brothers or sisters, 211 parents, 449 other relatives, 451 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,381 (1,215 male householders (933 living alone)), 1,564 female householders (1,383 living alone)), 602 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 124 (120 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,327 2-persons, 2,158 3-persons, 1,802 4-persons, 671 5-persons, 171 6-persons, 129 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,316 1-person, 379 2-persons, 73 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

5,271 married couples with children.
1,847 single-parent households (427 men, 1,420 women).

95.6% of residents of Southaven speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 626 (2.2%)
(44.4% 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:	4.4
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Southaven, Mississippi:
	1 room: 6 2 rooms: 21 3 rooms: 102 4 rooms: 486 5 rooms: 2,391 6 rooms: 2,488 7 rooms: 1,323 8 rooms: 633 9 or more rooms: 534

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Southaven, Mississippi:
	1 room: 14 2 rooms: 194 3 rooms: 523 4 rooms: 860 5 rooms: 830 6 rooms: 411 7 rooms: 132 8 rooms: 61 9 or more rooms: 30

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 776
1995 to 1998: 2,285
1990 to 1994: 1,782
1980 to 1989: 1,790
1970 to 1979: 2,645
1960 to 1969: 2,050
1950 to 1959: 108
1940 to 1949: 33
1939 or earlier: 17

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Southaven:
	no bedroom: 23 1 bedroom: 52 2 bedrooms: 950 3 bedrooms: 5,581 4 bedrooms: 1,145 5 or more bedrooms: 233

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Southaven:
	no bedroom: 14 1 bedroom: 648 2 bedrooms: 1,202 3 bedrooms: 1,056 4 bedrooms: 128 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Southaven in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 136 1 vehicle: 2,084 2 vehicles: 3,969 3 vehicles: 1,296 4 vehicles: 369 5 or more vehicles: 130

Cars and other vehicles available in Southaven in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 179 1 vehicle: 1,450 2 vehicles: 1,189 3 vehicles: 168 4 vehicles: 60 5 or more vehicles: 9

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

Less than $10,000: 43
$10,000 to $14,999: 22
$15,000 to $19,999: 19
$20,000 to $24,999: 17
$25,000 to $29,999: 13
$30,000 to $34,999: 16
$35,000 to $39,999: 23
$40,000 to $49,999: 94
$50,000 to $59,999: 28
$60,000 to $69,999: 111
$70,000 to $79,999: 173
$80,000 to $89,999: 346
$90,000 to $99,999: 622
$100,000 to $124,999: 2385
$125,000 to $149,999: 2849
$150,000 to $174,999: 1481
$175,000 to $199,999: 1114
$200,000 to $249,999: 1265
$250,000 to $299,999: 564
$300,000 to $399,999: 632
$400,000 to $499,999: 184
$500,000 to $749,999: 109
$750,000 to $999,999: 9
$1,000,000 or more: 24

Southaven rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Southaven:

Less than $100: 135 people
$100 to $149: 56
$150 to $199: 49
$200 to $249: 38
$250 to $299: 21
$300 to $349: 47
$350 to $399: 67
$400 to $449: 89
$450 to $499: 174
$500 to $549: 218
$550 to $599: 330
$600 to $649: 657
$650 to $699: 552
$700 to $749: 558
$750 to $799: 520
$800 to $899: 635
$900 to $999: 158
$1,000 to $1,249: 96
$1,250 to $1,499: 0
$1,500 to $1,999: 0
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 157

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 227 1990 to 1994: 123 1985 to 1989: 80 1980 to 1984: 54 1975 to 1979: 38 1970 to 1974: 26 1970 to 1974: 27 1965 to 1969: 51

Southaven, MS Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 34.2%
Number of people working at home: 297 (2.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 297
5 to 9 minutes: 1067
10 to 14 minutes: 1769
15 to 19 minutes: 2518
20 to 24 minutes: 2752
25 to 29 minutes: 1310
30 to 34 minutes: 2773
35 to 39 minutes: 494
40 to 44 minutes: 447
45 to 59 minutes: 638
60 to 89 minutes: 226
90 or more minutes: 233

Southaven mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 12,829 (87%)
Carpooled: 1,532 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
Railroad: 10 (0%)
Ferryboat: 11 (0%)
Taxi: 11 (0%)
Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
Bicycle: 9 (0%)
Walked: 42 (0%)
Other means: 48 (0%)
Worked at home: 297 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 637
$10,000 to $14,999: 496
$15,000 to $19,999: 580
$20,000 to $24,999: 529
$25,000 to $29,999: 624
$30,000 to $34,999: 746
$35,000 to $39,999: 872
$40,000 to $44,999: 787
$45,000 to $49,999: 627
$50,000 to $59,999: 1333
$60,000 to $74,999: 1562
$75,000 to $99,999: 1400
$100,000 to $124,999: 432
$125,000 to $149,999: 173
$150,000 to $199,999: 107
$200,000 or more: 132

First ancestries reported:

United States or American: 5312

Other groups: 4247

Irish: 2856

English: 2133

German: 1771

Italian: 878

Scotch-Irish: 592

Scottish: 386

French (except Basque): 352

Dutch: 299

European: 274

Swedish: 123

British: 95

Polish: 91

Subsaharan African:: 85

African: 85

Hungarian: 80

Norwegian: 72

Arab:: 56

Lebanese: 51

Danish: 32

Welsh: 32

Greek: 31

Scandinavian: 26

French Canadian: 22

Russian: 22

Czech: 16

Czechoslovakian: 11

Celtic: 10

Portuguese: 10

Latvian: 10

Canadian: 8

Serbian: 7

Pennsylvania German: 6

Arab/Arabic: 5

Swiss: 5

Eastern European: 4

Acadian/Cajun: 4

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

Mexico (50%)
Philippines (12%)
Korea (7%)
India (5%)
Germany (5%)
Vietnam (4%)
Cambodia (4%)

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

This state: 7581
Northeast: 732
Midwest: 1998
South: 17169
West: 845

48% of Southaven residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Mississippi.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 9
Nursery to 4th grade: 28
5th and 6th grade: 122
7th and 8th grade: 139
9th grade: 232
10th grade: 351
11th grade: 309
12th grade, no diploma: 284
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,119
Less than 1 year of college: 794
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,585
Associate degree: 514
Bachelor's degree: 998
Master's degree: 234
Professional school degree: 71
Doctorate degree: 34

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 19
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 124
7th and 8th grade: 227
9th grade: 199
10th grade: 456
11th grade: 342
12th grade, no diploma: 372
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,415
Less than 1 year of college: 848
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,741
Associate degree: 649
Bachelor's degree: 977
Master's degree: 252
Professional school degree: 67
Doctorate degree: 22

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 1.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 13.0%

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

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

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 69.4%

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

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 3.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 42.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $58,039
Black householders: $46,173
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $36,777
Asian householders: $83,947
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $66,314
Some other race householders: $22,971
Two or more races householders: $22,649
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $39,382

Southaven household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Southaven household income for Black householders

Southaven household income for Asian householders

Southaven household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Southaven marital status for males

Southaven marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $144,660
Black or African American householders: $148,438
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $99,641
Asian householders: $119,632
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $149,540
Two or more races householders: $129,549
Hispanic or Latino householders: $102,317

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 8,561
One, attached: 300
Two: 65
3 or 4: 554
5 to 9: 762
10 to 19: 592
20 to 49: 42
50 or more: 143
Mobile homes: 467

Median worth of mobile homes: $68,011

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Southaven:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (80%) Electricity (17%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (53%) Utility gas (45%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 349

Here:	10.0%
Mississippi:	10.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 200

Here:	13.6%
Mississippi:	10.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 229

Here:	20.5%
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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