What is the population of Ecru town?

Ecru town has 1,566 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #156 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Ecru town?

Median household income in Ecru town is $68,500 a year, 12.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ecru town?

Median gross rent is $808 a month and the median home value is $200,900, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.

Is Ecru town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ecru town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

Aerial view of a dense city center, illustrating the US cities ZIP code directory

Mississippi · Census place 21340

Ecru, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ecru, Mississippi (Ecru, MS — Census place “Ecru town”) is 1,566 residents, ranking #156 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $68,500, the median home is worth $200,900 and median gross rent runs $808 a month. Looking for the Ecru Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ecru, MS: 38841.

Population: 1,566Ecru town residents
Median household income: $68,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $200,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $808Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.3%Owner-occupied households

Ecru ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ecru.

The Ecru MS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

38841

What the numbers mean in Ecru town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ecru town median would spend about 14.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.3% of residents and 77.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ecru town, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ecru town is a small town in Mississippi, with 1,566 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #156 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 63% of them. The median age here is 30 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Ecru town earn a median of $68,500 a year, 12.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 55% above the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 8.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ecru town is valued at $200,900, 33.8% below the national figure and 66% above the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $808 a month, 42.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,696 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 30 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

Compare with nearby places

Places of similar size in Mississippi.

More Mississippi coverage.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ecru town?: Ecru town has 1,566 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #156 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Ecru town?: Median household income in Ecru town is $68,500 a year, 12.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ecru town?: Median gross rent is $808 a month and the median home value is $200,900, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.
Is Ecru town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ecru town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ecru town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.