Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,494.
Escatawpa grades D− overall, ranked 84th of 99 in Mississippi, mostly because of health and incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 91% of the country. The median household income is $40K, and 21% of residents live below the poverty line. One bright spot: a typical home costs about $108K, 1.7 years of the Gulfport metro’s $62K median household income. 12% of residents are under 18 in Escatawpa, below both Mississippi’s towns (24%) and U.S. towns (22%). Only 4 of Mississippi’s 187 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns.
3,722 counted in 2010 and 3,254 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Escatawpa is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,566 in 2000, 3,254 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2017 and 3 maps from 1953 on.
Explore the history →Escatawpa is unincorporated, so Jackson 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Escatawpa.
Escatawpa is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Mississippi (mostly hurricanes).
Against the 2,425 U.S. towns with household incomes like Escatawpa’s, it is less healthy than 56%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income. Within Mississippi it is less healthy than 61% of the 101 graded towns: much of Mississippi scores lower on these measures.
50% of adults have high blood pressure in Escatawpa. Escatawpa beats the Mississippi average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 18% of adults have diabetes in Escatawpa.
| Escatawpa | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Escatawpa | MS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 8.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9% | 7.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Mississippi towns, with expected losses of about $1,014 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Escatawpa’s FEMA risk score is 94 of 100. Since 1998, 27 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Escatawpa.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Escatawpa has 182 jobs for its 1,188 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Escatawpa for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Escatawpa has added 84 jobs, to 182 in 2023. The top destinations are Pascagoula (34%), Moss Point (7%) and Gulfport (6%).
| Escatawpa | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 20% | 8% |
| Median household income | $40,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median age in Escatawpa is 49.5 years. Children under 18 are 12% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 28% of residents (17% statewide). 16% of Escatawpa adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Escatawpa | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.5 years | 37 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 16% | 25% | 29% |
56% women, 44% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.7 points. Across Mississippi, 51.5% of residents are women.
| Escatawpa | MS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.6% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.1% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 3.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.3% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 17.7% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 17.6% | 12.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 46.1% | 29.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 8% | 21.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.5% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.1% | 15.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 1.7% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,500, single groups can be off by several points
July afternoons average 90.5°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 84% of Mississippi places with climate records; January nights average 40.5°.
Escatawpa has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Escatawpa | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 41°F | 36°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 118 of its 4,411 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Escatawpa itself; its outdoors grade is D.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ward Bayou Wildlife Management Area | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 1.7 years of the Gulfport metro’s $62K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 92% of Mississippi towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Escatawpa. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi MuseumUSS Alabama
15 mi National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
34 mi MuseumUSS Drum
36 mi MuseumFort Morgan
34 mi MuseumBattleship Memorial Park
8 mi MuseumOld Spanish FortUSS Alabama: USN, Public domain · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · USS Drum: Jean-Pierre Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Morgan: Altairisfar, Public domain · Battleship Memorial Park: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Old Spanish Fort: Michelle Miller-Freeck/FEMA, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Escatawpa; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Escatawpa residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Mississippi.
Where Escatawpa’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Mississippi, United States
Escatawpa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,254 at the 2020 census.
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One town shares a border with Escatawpa.
| Town | MS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escatawpa | #84 | D− | A− | — | C− | D |
| Moss Point | #89 | D− | B | — | C− | D |
Escatawpa and Moss Point report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Escatawpa with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Escatawpa grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #84 of 99 in Mississippi. It grades D for health and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $108,000, 45% below the Mississippi typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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