With 5,315 people, University is a city in Mississippi. The median age is 19.1, younger than the US median of 38.9. This is an unusually credentialed place: 80% of adults have a four-year degree. People stay put here: 26% were in the same home a year ago. Getting to work takes 9 minutes on average. Density works out to 7,550 people per square mile.
University's population equals 9.1% of Lafayette County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 0.3% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 0.6% 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)100%(13)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era0%(0)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 13 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
University, decade by decade
University 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
2010
4,202
–
–
54.4%
47.0
2020
4,696
–
–
0.0%
43.9
2024
5,315
–
–
80.0%
59.2
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.
