Mississippi Gulf News

Ocean Springs ranked 37th among cities in Mississippi by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Ocean Springs residents was an inflation-adjusted $29,368 per year. Ocean Springs had 6,301 households in 2017, with a population of 17,514.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Madison. Madison's median income was $46,891 per year after adjusting for inflation – $17,523 more than Ocean Springs. It had 9,151 households in 2017 and a population of 25,350.

Mississippi State had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Mississippi, with a median income of only $3,264 per year. That was $26,104 less than the median income in Ocean Springs at the time. Mississippi State had 103 households in 2017 and a population of 4,062.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Madison	46,891
2	Collinsville	40,662
3	Lyon	40,114
4	Taylor	39,773
5	Bridgetown	39,360
6	Flowood	38,384
7	Louin	37,083
8	Wade	36,465
9	Byram	36,394
10	Caledonia	36,313
11	Gulf Park Estates	36,106
12	Ridgeland	35,223
13	Brandon	34,667
14	Florence	34,520
15	Cleary	34,397
16	Lyman	34,049
17	Learned	33,438
18	Olive Branch	33,073
19	Columbus AFB	32,289
20	Diamondhead	32,269
21	Hernando	32,040
22	Saltillo	32,020
23	Montrose	31,923
24	Southaven	31,640
25	New Hope	31,086
26	Terry	30,968
27	Clinton	30,938
28	Lynchburg	30,913
29	Beechwood	30,735
30	Guntown	30,563
31	Chunky	30,486
32	Tunica Resorts	30,256
33	West	29,750
34	Gulf Hills	29,521
35	Sumrall	29,453
36	Sebastopol	29,395
37	Ocean Springs	29,368
38	New Hamilton	29,265
39	Walthall	28,750
40	Merigold	28,654
41	Georgetown	28,413
42	Sumner	28,333
43	DeLisle	28,205
44	Mantee	28,125
45	Slate Springs	28,000
46	Falkner	28,000
47	Toccopola	27,946
48	Thaxton	27,786
49	Latimer	27,686
50	Vancleave	27,679
51	Petal	27,659
52	Lena	27,500
53	Puckett	27,500
54	Pass Christian	27,283
55	D'Iberville	27,256
56	Kossuth	27,228
57	Long Beach	27,070
58	Gautier	26,952
59	Snow Lake Shores	26,842
60	Mooreville	26,578
61	Hamilton	26,406
62	Glen	26,136
63	Abbeville	26,042
64	Waveland	26,002
65	Monticello	25,893
66	Horn Lake	25,893
67	Arnold Line	25,612
68	Pearl	25,470
69	Kiln	25,370
70	Sallis	25,250
71	Marietta	25,208
72	Hurley	25,114
73	McCool	25,000
74	Batesville	24,859
75	Sturgis	24,821
76	St. Martin	24,816
77	Tupelo	24,769
78	Sharon	24,643
79	New Augusta	24,559
80	Holcomb	24,327
81	Farmington	24,163
82	Bay St. Louis	24,138
83	New Hebron	24,118
84	French Camp	23,977
85	Boyle	23,728
86	Pascagoula	23,710
87	Henderson Point	23,661
88	Canton	23,655
89	New Albany	23,644
90	Cloverdale	23,491
91	Richland	23,458
92	Myrtle	23,452
93	Tunica	23,359
94	Dumas	23,295
95	Marion	23,264
96	Enterprise	23,050
97	Sylvarena	22,917
98	Pope	22,885
99	Belmont	22,859
100	Hillsboro	22,720

* All values are inflation-adjusted