Indianola is home to 9,062 people in Mississippi. The poverty rate is 30.5%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. The typical home is worth $108,800, having more than doubled since 2000. 52% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 2%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $41,708, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% 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 Indianola
What changed most since 1990
Black share65.5% → 81.5%(+16.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Homes owned by their occupants63.0% → 51.8%(−11.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population11,788 → 9,062(−23%)US over the same years: +35%
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)23.8%(62)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.5%(51)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23.4%(61)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10.3%(27)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 261 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
Indianola, decade by decade
Indianola 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
11,788
$37,751
$97,203
15.4%
57.1
2000
12,066
$47,924
$99,462
14.9%
50.0
2010
10,683
$33,628
$97,535
18.1%
43.1
2020
9,646
$37,411
$109,447
23.9%
41.1
2024
9,062
$41,708
$108,800
21.0%
39.2
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.
