City safety & data profile

ClevelandMS

Cleveland, MS is a 12K-resident city in Bolivar County with a median household income of $44,074.

Bolivar County, Mississippi. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cleveland, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cleveland has a population larger than 15% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $159,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 16%
By size
$44,074
Median income (place)
$159,300
Median home (place)
29.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Cleveland

Cleveland posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Cleveland area.

Bottom 5%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Cleveland

Where Cleveland income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$44,074 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Cleveland $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MS

Population among 41 MS places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jackson is the largest MS city on this list; Madison leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MS

Median household income among the same 41-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Madison posts the highest place-level median income in MS; Jackson is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Cleveland, MS beyond the headline numbers

Cleveland sits inside Bolivar County, Mississippi, at roughly 33.74°N, -90.72°W. Population 12,327, $44,074 median household income. Median home value $159,300, median rent $943. Poverty rate 29.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Cleveland, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

29.3% of Cleveland, MS residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Cleveland costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 0.7% of Cleveland workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5.3% in Cleveland, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Cleveland workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cleveland from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,327
Cleveland · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$44,074
-51% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$159,300
-61% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Bolivar County): Cleveland's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
30K-13%
Median Income
$39,585+38%
Median Home Value
$130,000+56%
Poverty Rate
32.6%-5%
Unemployment
7.1%-59%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cleveland, MS
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$943/mo
Poverty Rate
29.3% +136% vs avg
Unemployment 7.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.8%
Work From Home 0.7%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 41.3%
African American 51%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
45.8%
Obesity
41.7%
Physical Inactivity
36.7%
Short Sleep Duration
35.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
18%
Diabetes
17.6%
Current Smoking
17%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.2%
Binge Drinking
12.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 10.4%
Annual Checkup 83%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.8%
Stroke
5.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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0
1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BOLIVAR MEDICAL CENTER
CLEVELAND · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Cleveland?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cleveland right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MS-CLEVELAND-MS · Cleveland

Cleveland: 7 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 7 on record
  • WX-LED 57% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas

Tagged alert mix: Cleveland

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 7 tagged notices on record for Cleveland.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Dallas, TX (7 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cleveland; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Mississippi state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (7 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Cleveland, MS?
Cleveland, MS has a population of 12,327 people, located in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Cleveland?
The median household income in Cleveland, MS is $44,074 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 29.3%.
What is the median home value in Cleveland?
The median home value in Cleveland, MS is $159,300. Median rent is $943/month.
What are the top health concerns in Cleveland?
The top health indicators in Cleveland include High Blood Pressure (45.8%), Obesity (41.7%), Physical Inactivity (36.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Cleveland?
Cleveland has 1 hospital with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Cleveland?
The median age in Cleveland, MS is 35.7 years. 34.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cleveland, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MS (29.3% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MS ($44,074 here).

Compare Cleveland with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Cleveland's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cleveland area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Cleveland against Mississippi peers on any ranking lens. Explore Mississippi

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Bolivar County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.