Gulf Park EstatesMS
A town of 6,264.
Is Gulf Park Estates a good place to live?
Gulf Park Estates's standout: its schools outperform 97% of the state's. Overall it grades B+, 9th of 99 graded towns in Mississippi. The median household earns $66K. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. 16% of the land in Gulf Park Estates is conserved, above both Mississippi’s towns (2.8%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 18 of Mississippi’s 187 towns score higher on health. French Warehouse Site and James Krebs House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Gulf Park Estates lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 11% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
- Cedar Point Site
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Gulf Park Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Gulf Park Estates is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Gulf Islands National Seashore and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gulf Park Estates. Close and well known come first.
in town National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
13 mi MuseumJefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum
7 mi MuseumOhr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art
12 mi MuseumOld Spanish Fort
20 mi Zoo & aquariumMississippi Aquarium
37 mi GardenBellingrath Gardens and HomePhoto credits
Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Spanish Fort: Michelle Miller-Freeck/FEMA, Public domain · Mississippi Aquarium: Kaotate, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bellingrath Gardens and Home: Altairisfar, Public domain
Moving to Gulf Park Estates: who provides what
Gulf Park Estates 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Gulf Park Estates.
Gulf Park Estates is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Mississippi (mostly hurricanes).
Gulf Park Estates faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Mississippi towns, with expected losses of about $280 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Among 101 Mississippi towns, just 6 have a higher FEMA risk score than Gulf Park Estates. Since 2005, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Gulf Park Estates.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Gulf Park Estates stands out in Mississippi and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Gulf Park Estates has 249 jobs for its 2,338 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
1% of Gulf Park Estates working residents work locally, where Mississippi’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Gulf Park Estates grew to 249 in 2023, 23 more than in 2013. 5% of Gulf Park Estates residents live below the poverty line.
| Gulf Park Estates | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 20% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cedar Point Site | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Gulf Park Estates, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 42.5°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 89.2°.
Gulf Park Estates has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Gulf Park Estates is 43°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Gulf Park Estates | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 43°F | 36°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Gulf Park Estates is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,036 U.S. towns with household incomes like Gulf Park Estates’s, it is healthier than 83%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with Mississippi is tooth loss: 8.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.5% statewide.
Gulf Park Estates beats the Mississippi average on 16 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 17% of adults binge drink in Gulf Park Estates. Only 9 of the 101 Mississippi towns we compare have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Gulf Park Estates.
| Gulf Park Estates | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 27% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 24% | 14% |
| What stands out | Gulf Park Estates | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 18.5% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.5% | 11.2% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.3% | 13.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Mississippi’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Mississippi average. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 25% across Mississippi.
| Gulf Park Estates | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 24% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.8 years | 37 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 77 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±5 points). Across Mississippi, 51.5% of residents are women.
| Gulf Park Estates | MS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.6% | 12.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.9% | 29.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.6% | 21.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 21% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 15.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.7% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Homes in Gulf Park Estates sell for about $259K
Gulf Park Estates’ median rent is $1,320 a month.
| Gulf Park Estates | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,320 a month | $900 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Gulf Park Estates
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Gulf Park Estates; the nearest are
About 10 of every 100 Gulf Park Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Mississippi.
99% of working residents leave Gulf Park Estates for work
Where Gulf Park Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Gulf Park Estates
Census-designated place in Mississippi, United States
Gulf Park Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located south of Ocean Springs in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Gulf Park Estates had a population of 5,972.
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Area code
- 228
Gulf Park Estates’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Gulf Park Estates.
| Town | MS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Park Estates | #9 | B+ | C+ | — | A+ | B |
| Ocean Springs | #12 | B+ | C− | — | A+ | A− |
Gulf Park Estates and Ocean Springs report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Gulf Park Estates with a neighbor →
Questions about Gulf Park Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gulf Park Estates, MS a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Gulf Park Estates grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #9 of 99 in Mississippi. It grades B for health and A+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Gulf Park Estates, MS expensive?
The typical home is worth about $213,000, 9% above 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 C+.