Arnold LineMS
A town of 1,859. Public schools that outperform most of Mississippi.
Is Arnold Line a good place to live?
Arnold Line’s best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a C for hazard risk. Only 1 of the 102 Mississippi towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Arnold Line. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. Among 97 Mississippi towns, just 9 have a higher median rent than Arnold Line. On the outdoors, just 4 of Mississippi’s 187 towns do worse. Arnold Line has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Arnold Line stand out
Where Arnold Line beats most towns.
Arnold Line has grown 36% from 2010 to 2020
1,719 counted in 2010 and 2,333 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Arnold Line grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Arnold Line is from typical.
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Moving to Arnold Line: who provides what
Arnold Line is unincorporated, so Lamar County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Arnold Line.
Arnold Line’s public schools outperform 78% of Mississippi districts
Its public schools are run by the Lamar County School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longleaf ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 787 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MS on state tests and graduation
More than half of Arnold Line’s working residents commute to Hattiesburg
Most working residents leave Arnold Line for work: only 0% work in town. Jobs based in Arnold Line grew to 310 in 2023, 200 more than in 2013. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Arnold Line, below the Mississippi town median (21%) but above the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Arnold Line | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Arnold Line faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 2014, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Arnold Line.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Arnold Line has mild winters and hot summers
Arnold Line has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Arnold Line’s July high is 92°F, close to Mississippi’s towns (91°F) and above U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More young adults than Mississippi overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (22% statewide). 19% of Arnold Line residents are under 18. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 25% across Mississippi.
| Arnold Line | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.6 years | 37 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 37% and 71% women
The Census survey reached too few of Arnold Line’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±16.8 points. Across Mississippi, 51.5% of residents are women.
| Arnold Line | MS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 22.6% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.1% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.5% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 12.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.5% | 29.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 33.5% | 21.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.4% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 15.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.4% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Arnold Line is less healthy than 59% of U.S. towns
Arnold Line beats the Mississippi average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 44% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Arnold Line.
| Arnold Line | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 39% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 45% | 35% |
| What stands out | Arnold Line | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.4% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 6.2% | 8.6% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 74.6% | 79.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hattiesburg Zoo and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Arnold Line. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumAfrican American Military History Museum
29 mi MuseumLauren Rogers Museum of Art
15 mi MuseumMississippi Armed Forces Museum50K visitors a year22 mi Zoo & aquariumCollins Zoo
3 mi GardenAll-American Rose GardenPhoto credits
African American Military History Museum: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lauren Rogers Museum of Art: Michlaovic, Public domain · Mississippi Armed Forces Museum: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · All-American Rose Garden: Dudemanfellabra, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Arnold Line
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Arnold Line
About 4 of every 100 Arnold Line residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Mississippi.
100% of working residents leave Arnold Line for work
Where Arnold Line’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Arnold Line
Census-designated place in Mississippi, United States
Arnold Line is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Lamar County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,333. It is part of the Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is in the northeast part of Lamar County and is bordered to the north, east, and south by the city of Hattiesburg. The center of Hattiesburg is 5 miles (8 km) to the east in Forrest County. West Hattiesburg is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south of Arnold Line.
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- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 240 ft
Arnold Line’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Arnold Line.
| Town | MS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Line | — | — | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Hattiesburg | #68 | D | C+ | D | B+ | C− |
Arnold Line has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Arnold Line reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Arnold Line with a neighbor →
Questions about Arnold Line
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Arnold Line, MS a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Mississippi.
Is Arnold Line, MS expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.