Tupelo

Population & Demographics

Tupelo, MS

Tupelo is home to 37,791 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 17,065 resident workers commute each day.

MississippiCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
37,791
people
Population

37,791 residents

Median age 38.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Tupelo population & demographics

Who lives in Tupelo — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
37,791
Median age
38.3yrs
Median household income
$66,257
Median home value
$212,800
Median gross rent
$976/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.5%
Poverty rate
15.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Tupelo

How Tupelo breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White51.9%
Black37.8%
Hispanic or Latino4.7%
Two or more races2.8%
Asian1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Tupelo

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Tupelo.

Tupelo at a glance
Employed Residents
17,065
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
22.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
52.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
6.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Oxford
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Tupelo proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Tupelo commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Tupelo

17,065 commutes, one dot at a time

Tupelo

Where 17,065 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Tupelo, by worker count.

1Tupelo0.0 mi8,968
2Oxford46.3 mi340
3New Albany22.6 mi319
4Pontotoc16.1 mi284
5Saltillo7.8 mi270
6Fulton18.6 mi197
7Ecru18.0 mi196
8Corinth47.9 mi182

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Tupelo.

1Tupelo0.0 mi8,968
2Saltillo7.8 mi1,061
3Guntown12.9 mi523
4Pontotoc16.1 mi495
5Booneville28.9 mi464
6Amory23.9 mi447
7Columbus55.7 mi442
8New Albany22.6 mi435

Top industries

The sectors that employ Tupelo’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance20.9%
RTRetail Trade14.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.2%
MFManufacturing10.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.1%
EDEducational Services5.3%
FIFinance and Insurance4.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.9%
WSWholesale Trade3.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Tupelo

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

11 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps98%
8 Gbps10%
See all internet providers in Tupelo

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).