Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety26#11,511/15,637
Economy5#14,812/15,631
Housing50#7,511/14,977
Health16#13,178/15,609
Healthcare9#14,265/15,650
Environment32#10,459/15,453
Education23#12,062/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,495/15,650
Community13#13,541/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,862/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bruce, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Calhoun County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low83 min
99/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCalhoun County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Mississippi 14.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCalhoun County value
Property crime rate · low372 /100k
94/100Mississippi 1,264 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCalhoun County value
Public libraries · high2.4 /10k
93/100Mississippi 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCalhoun County value
Students per teacher · low11.1×
93/100Mississippi 13.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCalhoun County value
Pharmacies · high2.4 /10k
87/100Mississippi 2.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalhoun County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$774
0/100Mississippi $1,024United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalhoun County value
Homicide rate · high21.6 /100k
1/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataCalhoun County value
Mental health providers · low16 /100k
1/100Mississippi 243 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalhoun County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low15.4%
1/100Mississippi 58.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalhoun County value
Median household income · low$26,923
1/100Mississippi $59,301United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCalhoun County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
55.5% (2015-2019) → 74.2% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.6× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+71%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
35.4% (2015-2019) → 21.2% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.392 (2015-2019) → 0.579 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.4% (2015-2019) → 10.3% (2020-2024)
−9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.3% (2015-2019) → 42.9% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bruce, Mississippi improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Uninsured−9.1 points19.4% → 10.3%
Broadband+19 points55.5% → 74.2%

Declined1

Inequality+0.1870.392 → 0.579

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Bruce, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.3 min2015-2019	24.9 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Broadband subscriptions	55.5%2015-2019	74.2%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	1%
High school diploma or higher	82.7%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3922015-2019	0.5792020-2024	+0.187	Declined	1%
Median household income	$38,0002015-2019	$26,9232020-2024	−29%	Within the margin of error	0%
Poverty rate	25.6%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.7%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent-burdened households	35.3%2015-2019	42.9%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.4%2015-2019	10.3%2020-2024	−9.1 points	Improved	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bruce, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bruce, Mississippi in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bruce, Mississippi itself moved −20 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,483 residents (±249)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (−6.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,483 residents (±249)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White44%653
Black52%†778
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

1,055 residents (±149)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma15%†161
High school or GED27%†290
Some college26%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

718 households (±104)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k47%339
$25k–50k19%†133
$50k–75k11%†79
$75k–100k5.2%†37
$100k–150k7.1%†51
$150k–200k6.5%†47
$200k or more4.5%†32

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−13.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

718 households (±104)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own41%297
Rent59%421

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−14.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

386 households (±94)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $75061%†236
$750–1,00039%†150
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

297 homes (±71)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k78%†233
$150k–250k13%†38
$250k–400k8.8%†26

Age of homes

959 homes (±108)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20095.3%†51
1980–199923%†224

Size of homes

959 homes (±108)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio3.3%†32
1 bedroom11%†103
2 bedrooms33%318

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

536 workers (±107)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone93%499
Carpool1.3%†7
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.6%†30
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−11.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

506 workers (±115)

Bruce, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min38%†191
15–29 min23%†114
30–44 min15%†78

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Calhoun County, the county holding most of Bruce's residents.

Calhoun County has 224 employer establishments, 176 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Mississippi's), with 1,702 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,074. The Census Bureau also counts 985 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 224; 985 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 176; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 1,702
Average annual pay: $39,074; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Calhoun County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	18	14.1	2.79×More than typical	79	$51,785	54
Ambulatory health care services	15	11.8	0.56×Fewer than typical	120	$35,375	27
Religious organizations	15	11.8	2.12×More than typical	64	$15,328	—
Grocery and convenience stores	12	9.4	3.17×More than typical	153	$18,039	—
Gasoline stations	10	7.8	2.42×More than typical	48	$22,813	4
Restaurants and other eating places	10	7.8	0.43×Fewer than typical	90	$12,333	11
General merchandise stores	8	6.3	3.55×Too few to compare	56	$20,893	7
Specialty trade contractors	8	6.3	0.41×Too few to compare	27	$49,815	83
Banks and credit unions	7	5.5	1.70×Too few to compare	40	$51,425	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	6	4.7	2.70×Too few to compare	22	$33,136	—
Lessors of real estate	6	4.7	0.38×Too few to compare	11	$38,909	40
Health and personal care stores	5	3.9	1.48×Too few to compare	33	$33,152	10

Rank places for an industry Open Calhoun County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,739 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bruce, Mississippi: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

229.5FY2017
70.4FY2018
628.6FY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Bruce, Mississippi, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bruce is mostly in Calhoun County.

See federal money in Calhoun County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bruce, Mississippi is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Trent KellyR-MS-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Calhoun County6100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Calhoun County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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