With 26,647 people, Horn Lake is a city in Mississippi. Since 2000 the city has more than doubled, up 12,548 people. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. The median age is 33.5, younger than the US median of 38.9. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $171,400. The foreign-born share is 6%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,311, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 33.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Horn Lake
What changed most since 1990
Black share3.2% → 50.0%(+46.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share95.3% → 35.7%(−59.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population9,069 → 26,647(+194%)US over the same years: +35%
Horn Lake's population equals 14% of DeSoto County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 6.8% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 27% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.2%(224)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)44.5%(579)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era22.9%(298)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.5%(33)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,300 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Horn Lake, decade by decade
Horn Lake population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,069
$68,716
$113,523
4.7%
11.4
2000
14,099
$73,588
$137,535
9.5%
40.2
2010
26,066
$66,688
$142,850
11.7%
71.1
2020
26,736
$63,245
$138,536
18.5%
76.0
2024
26,647
$53,311
$171,400
16.5%
76.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
