Mississippi · Census place 76720
Vicksburg, MS population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi (Vicksburg, MS — Census place “Vicksburg city”) is 20,944 residents, ranking #20 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $42,484, the median home is worth $117,000 and median gross rent runs $857 a month. Looking for the Vicksburg Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Vicksburg, MS: 39180.
- Population
- 20,944Vicksburg city residents
- Median household income
- $42,484Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $117,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $857Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57.8%Owner-occupied households
Vicksburg ZIP codes (Mississippi)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Vicksburg.
The Vicksburg MS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Vicksburg city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Vicksburg city median would spend about 24.2% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27.9% of residents and 57.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Vicksburg city, MS in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Vicksburg city is a mid-size town in Mississippi, with 20,944 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #20 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 39 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 Vicksburg city earn a median of $42,484 a year, 45.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 27.9% 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 Vicksburg city is valued at $117,000, 61.4% below the national figure and 4% below the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $857 a month, 39% below the national figure, or roughly $10,284 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.2% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.8% 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.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.
- Gautier city 19,026
- Pascagoula city 21,812
- Ocean Springs city 18,561
- Columbus city 23,616
- Hernando city 17,580
- Ridgeland city 24,548
- Laurel city 17,129
- Brandon city 25,352
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Vicksburg city?
- Vicksburg city has 20,944 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 427 in Mississippi.
- What is the median household income in Vicksburg city?
- Median household income in Vicksburg city is $42,484 a year, 45.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Vicksburg city?
- Median gross rent is $857 a month and the median home value is $117,000, so rent absorbs about 24.2% of median household income.
- Is Vicksburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Vicksburg city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Vicksburg 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.