Census-designated place · Forrest County, Mississippi

Glendale, Mississippi

Glendale is a census-designated place in Forrest County, Mississippi, part of the Hattiesburg, MS metro area. It has 1,257 residents. Glendale, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,834 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Mississippi it ranks #44 of 194 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), gyms and fitness centers (high) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on primary care shortage (high), child poverty rate (high) and voter turnout (low).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,834 of 15,651 cities and towns
Mississippi: #44 of 194 in MS
Population: 1,257 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 771.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 2827620

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety19#12,676/15,637
Economy28#11,224/15,631
Housing54#6,860/14,977
Health35#10,219/15,609
Healthcare32#10,622/15,650
Environment27#11,335/15,453
Education50#7,773/15,649
Infrastructure49#8,036/15,650
Community9#14,245/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,200/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Glendale, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Forrest 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

Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
97/100Mississippi 27 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauForrest County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.2 /10k
93/100Mississippi 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsForrest County value
Mental health providers · high560 /100k
91/100Mississippi 243 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteForrest County value
Depression · low17.7%
91/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.302
87/100Mississippi 0.482United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Primary care physicians · high108 /100k
87/100Mississippi 56 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteForrest County value

Weaknesses

Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationForrest County value
Child poverty rate · high68.7%
2/100Mississippi 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Voter turnout · low48.2%
3/100Mississippi 55.1%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionForrest County value
Food environment index · low6.2
5/100Mississippi 4.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteForrest County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.3 µg/m³
6/100Mississippi 8.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyForrest County value
Poverty rate · high30.1%
6/100Mississippi 17.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,155 (2015-2019) → 1,257 (2020-2024)
−42%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
64.8% (2015-2019) → 22.0% (2020-2024)
−43 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
30.4% (2015-2019) → 68.6% (2020-2024)
+38 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 18.3% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$23,145 (2015-2019) → $56,818 (2020-2024)
+145%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
6.6% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Glendale, Mississippi improved on 2 of 5 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 3 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

Inequality−0.2960.598 → 0.302
Broadband+17 points81.2% → 98.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 5 measures

Change of every measure of Glendale, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	81.2%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	85%
High school diploma or higher	79.5%2015-2019	83.7%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5982015-2019	0.3022020-2024	−0.296	Improved	100%
Poverty rate	32.0%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 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 Glendale, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Glendale, 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.

No place that looked like Glendale, Mississippi five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Glendale, Mississippi itself moved +48.6 points in standing on average over the same 3 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

1,257 residents (±386)

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: 50–59 men (+14.8 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

1,257 residents (±386)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White50%†623
Black42%†530
Hispanic or Latino5.3%†

Education

910 residents (±284)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma16%†148
High school or GED37%†339
Some college13%

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

586 households (±188)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k19%†110
$25k–50k19%†111
$50k–75k28%†162
$75k–100k29%†171
$100k–150k4.3%†25
$150k–200k1.2%†7
$200k or more0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−37.4 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

586 households (±188)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own72%†423
Rent28%†163

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

150 households (±125)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $7505.3%†8
$750–1,00095%†142
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

423 homes (±163)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k46%†193
$150k–250k29%†121
$250k–400k24%†102

Age of homes

713 homes (±219)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later4.6%†33
2000–20095.8%†41
1980–199947%†334

Size of homes

713 homes (±219)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio7.0%†50
1 bedroom5.3%†38
2 bedrooms14%†103

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

683 workers (±279)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone75%†513
Carpool13%†89
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home10.0%†68
Other1.9%†13

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.0 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

615 workers (±276)

Glendale, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min38%†231
15–29 min39%†242
30–44 min7.8%†

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Hattiesburg, MS

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 Forrest County, the county holding most of Glendale's residents.

Forrest County has 1,741 employer establishments, 222 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 1.08× Mississippi's), with 32,739 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,889. The Census Bureau also counts 6,517 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,741; 6,517 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 222; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 32,739
Average annual pay: $51,889; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	169	21.5	1.17×About typical	3,781	$17,532	27
Ambulatory health care services	135	17.2	0.83×About typical	3,497	$94,288	302
Limited-service restaurants	82	10.5	1.30×More than typical	2,170	$15,846	7
Religious organizations	76	9.7	1.75×More than typical	513	$20,507	—
Lessors of real estate	73	9.3	0.76×Fewer than typical	233	$48,077	514
Specialty trade contractors	66	8.4	0.54×Fewer than typical	584	$55,563	596
Full-service restaurants	59	7.5	0.98×About typical	1,307	$20,906	16
Gasoline stations	55	7	2.16×More than typical	347	$25,718	5
Offices of physicians	53	6.8	1.04×About typical	2,205	$114,629	62
Legal services	49	6.2	1.16×About typical	176	$50,313	53
Insurance agencies and brokerages	40	5.1	1.16×About typical	164	$81,494	111
Services to buildings and dwellings	37	4.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	605	$28,514	489

Rank places for an industry Open Forrest County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 78,439 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Forrest 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.

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

House

Mike EzellR-MS-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.1%

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.

Forrest County28100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Hattiesburg, MS34

Other cities and towns in Forrest 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
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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