Bay St Louis.
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Mississippi·Hancock County
4 tracts·10K people·$260K median·692/mi²
White 76 · Black 14 · Hispanic 5 · Other 3 · Multiracial 2 · Asian 1
Married couple 49 · Living alone 32 · Other 19
Leisure 30 · Health 23 · Public admin 14 · Professional 13 · Retail 13 · Manufacturing 6 · Other 1
Management · business · science · arts 53 · Sales · office 21 · Service 12 · Construction · maintenance 8 · Production · transport 6
Drive alone 75 · Work from home 15 · Carpool 11 · Walk 2 · Bike 0 · Transit 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Bay St. Louis is $260,200 (Census ACS) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Bay St. Louis has 10,188 residents across 4 census tracts and 4 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 53.3; the population is 75.6% White, 13.7% Black, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% Other, 2.3% Multiracial and 1.3% Asian; the average household has 2.0 people; 38.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 14.5% (Census ACS).
Bay Waveland Middle School is the middle school with reported scores (60%); Bay High School is the high school with reported scores (66%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,179/month, 25% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Bay St. Louis is $67,442 a year, 22% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Bay St. Louis, median rent is $1,179/month and the median home value is $260,200 (Census ACS).
Bay St. Louis reported 0.8 violent crimes and 28.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 90°F; winter lows average 43°F; there are 105 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 66 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Bay St. Louis are lightning (93), wildfire (80) and heat wave (64), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.07g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Bay St. Louis, 2.2% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).