What is the population of Quitman city?

Quitman city has 1,949 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #137 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Quitman city?

Median household income in Quitman city is $44,744 a year, 43% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $925 a month and the median home value is $123,000, so rent absorbs about 24.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Quitman city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Quitman, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Quitman, Mississippi (Quitman, MS — Census place “Quitman city”) is 1,949 residents, ranking #137 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $44,744, the median home is worth $123,000 and median gross rent runs $925 a month. Looking for the Quitman Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Quitman, MS: 39355.

Population: 1,949Quitman city residents
Median household income: $44,744Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $123,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $925Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.2%Owner-occupied households

Quitman ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Quitman.

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

39355

What the numbers mean in Quitman city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Quitman city median would spend about 24.8% 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 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.1% of residents and 63.2% of households own their home.

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

Quitman city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Quitman city is a small town in Mississippi, with 1,949 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #137 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 68% of them. The median age here is 41.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Quitman city earn a median of $44,744 a year, 43% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 21.1% 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 Quitman city is valued at $123,000, 59.5% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $925 a month, 34.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,100 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.8% 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 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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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What is the population of Quitman city?: Quitman city has 1,949 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #137 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Quitman city?: Median household income in Quitman city is $44,744 a year, 43% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Quitman city?: Median gross rent is $925 a month and the median home value is $123,000, so rent absorbs about 24.8% of median household income.
Is Quitman city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Quitman city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Quitman 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.