What is the population of Purvis city?

Purvis city has 1,691 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #151 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Purvis city?

Median household income in Purvis city is $34,688 a year, 55.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $862 a month and the median home value is $122,500, so rent absorbs about 29.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Purvis city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Purvis, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Purvis, Mississippi (Purvis, MS — Census place “Purvis city”) is 1,691 residents, ranking #151 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $34,688, the median home is worth $122,500 and median gross rent runs $862 a month. Looking for the Purvis Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Purvis, MS: 39475.

Population: 1,691Purvis city residents
Median household income: $34,688Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $122,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $862Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.1%Owner-occupied households

Purvis ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Purvis.

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

39475

What the numbers mean in Purvis city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Purvis city median would spend about 29.8% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29% of residents and 62.1% of households own their home.

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

Purvis city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Purvis city is a small town in Mississippi, with 1,691 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #151 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 64% of them. The median age here is 32.5 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 Purvis city earn a median of $34,688 a year, 55.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 29% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Purvis city is valued at $122,500, 59.6% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $862 a month, 38.7% below the national figure, or roughly $10,344 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 29.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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

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What is the population of Purvis city?: Purvis city has 1,691 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #151 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Purvis city?: Median household income in Purvis city is $34,688 a year, 55.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Purvis city?: Median gross rent is $862 a month and the median home value is $122,500, so rent absorbs about 29.8% of median household income.
Is Purvis city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Purvis city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Purvis city 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.