With 12,049 people, McComb is a city in Mississippi. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 15% of adults. Owners hold 48% of the housing stock. The typical home is worth $98,700, having more than doubled since 2000. 27.1% of people here live below the federal poverty line. 1% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $40,707, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% 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 McComb
What changed most since 1990
Black share46.2% → 72.0%(+25.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Homes owned by their occupants61.6% → 47.9%(−13.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share53.2% → 23.4%(−29.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
McComb's population equals 30% of Pike County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 8.8% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 57% 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)21.2%(139)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.8%(77)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.2%(211)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6%(39)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 655 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
McComb, decade by decade
McComb 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
11,591
$34,991
$99,843
16.0%
63.0
2000
13,337
$41,250
$91,447
14.5%
62.7
2010
12,790
$37,229
$125,443
19.5%
58.7
2020
12,413
$36,600
$108,962
15.8%
55.8
2024
12,049
$40,707
$98,700
14.6%
53.2
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.
