City safety & data profile
HernandoMS
Hernando, MS is a 16K-resident city in DeSoto County with a median household income of $76,950.
DeSoto County, Mississippi. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hernando, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hernando has a population larger than 30% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $315,900.
Data updated 2026-09-03
- 16K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 31%
- By size
- $76,950
- Median income (place)
- $315,900
- Median home (place)
- 8.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Hernando
Hernando posts a median household income higher than 46% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Bottom 47%
- by median income, US cities
Where Hernando income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$76,950 Bottom 46% higher than 46% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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.
- Jackson
Jackson, MS
153,701 residents
- Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
71,856 residents
- Southaven 52,589
Southaven, MS
52,589 residents
- Hattiesburg 46,805
Hattiesburg, MS
46,805 residents
- Biloxi 45,637
Biloxi, MS
45,637 residents
- Meridian 39,661
Meridian, MS
39,661 residents
- Olive Branch 36,010
Olive Branch, MS
36,010 residents
- Tupelo 35,680
Tupelo, MS
35,680 residents
- Greenville 32,156
Greenville, MS
32,156 residents
- Horn Lake 26,915
Horn Lake, MS
26,915 residents
What this shows Jackson is the largest MS city on this list; Madison leads median income.
Highest median incomes in MS
Median household income among the same 41-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Madison
Madison, MS
$119,338 median
- Olive Branch
Olive Branch, MS
$100,606 median
- Brandon
Brandon, MS
$92,783 median
- Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs, MS
$79,712 median
- Southaven
Southaven, MS
$78,483 median
- Hernando
Hernando, MS
$76,950 median
- Petal
Petal, MS
$74,750 median
- Clinton
Clinton, MS
$74,745 median
- Byram
Byram, MS
$70,445 median
- Long Beach
Long Beach, MS
$70,332 median
What this shows Madison posts the highest place-level median income in MS; Jackson is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Hernando, MS beyond the headline numbers
Hernando sits inside DeSoto County, Mississippi, at roughly 34.82°N, -89.99°W. Population 15,503, $76,950 median household income. Median home value $315,900, median rent $1,302. Poverty rate 8.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
At 8.8%, poverty in Hernando, MS runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
A median home in Hernando runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Only 8.1% of Hernando 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, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 9.3% in Hernando, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hernando 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (DeSoto County): Hernando'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.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 8.8% -29% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 2.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 34.5% |
| Work From Home | 8.1% |
| Public Transit | 0.3% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Hernando?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hernando right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet MS-HERNANDO · Hernando
Hernando: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hernando; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Mississippi state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 5
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hernando, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MS (8.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MS ($76,950 here).
Compare Hernando 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.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Hernando'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 Hernando 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 Hernando 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 (DeSoto 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.