What is the population of Petal city?

Petal city has 11,195 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Petal city?

Median household income in Petal city is $72,845 a year, 7.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Petal city?

Median gross rent is $958 a month and the median home value is $161,400, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.

Is Petal city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Petal city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Petal, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Petal, Mississippi (Petal, MS — Census place “Petal city”) is 11,195 residents, ranking #37 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $72,845, the median home is worth $161,400 and median gross rent runs $958 a month. Looking for the Petal Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Petal, MS: 39465.

Population: 11,195Petal city residents
Median household income: $72,845Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $161,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $958Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.3%Owner-occupied households

Petal ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Petal.

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

39465

What the numbers mean in Petal city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Petal city median would spend about 15.8% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.3% of residents and 72.3% of households own their home.

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

Petal city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Petal city is a mid-size town in Mississippi, with 11,195 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #37 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 37.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Petal city earn a median of $72,845 a year, 7.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 65% 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 13.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Petal city is valued at $161,400, 46.8% below the national figure and 33% above the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $958 a month, 31.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,496 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.8% 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 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Petal city?: Petal city has 11,195 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Petal city?: Median household income in Petal city is $72,845 a year, 7.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Petal city?: Median gross rent is $958 a month and the median home value is $161,400, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.
Is Petal city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Petal city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Petal city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.