Gulf Park EstatesMS
With 6,264 residents, it is a town in Mississippi.
Is Gulf Park Estates a good place to live?
Gulf Park Estates’s strongest is schools: its public schools beat 97% of Mississippi towns on state tests and graduation. What holds it back is hazard risk (D−): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. At about $212K, a typical home costs 3.4 years of the Gulfport metro’s $62K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking 9th of 99 in Mississippi. On that grade it does better than 71% of U.S. towns. 16% of the land locally is conserved, above both Mississippi’s towns (2.8%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). French Warehouse Site and James Krebs House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 18 of Mississippi’s 187 towns score higher on health.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · USGS PAD-US · 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).
The biggest natural risk in Gulf Park Estates is hurricanes, at a very high overall level
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.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Gulf Park Estates, 52% come from hurricanes and 17% from inland flooding. Among 101 Mississippi towns, just 6 have a higher FEMA risk score than Gulf Park Estates. The national flood insurance program has paid 19 claims here since 2005.
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.
For residents in Gulf Park Estates, the share who live below the poverty line is 5%. The town had 249 jobs in 2023, up 23 from 2013. Also worth knowing: the typical journey to work for Gulf Park Estates comes to 26 minutes. The top destinations are Biloxi (17%), Ocean Springs (17%) and Pascagoula (16%).
| 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
Conservation land takes up 15.8% of Gulf Park Estates
Gulf Park Estates has one park or preserve, 5 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cedar Point Site | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A typical July afternoon in Gulf Park Estates is 89°F, against 91°F in Mississippi’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns
January nights average 42.5°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 89.2°.
Snow almost never falls. For Gulf Park Estates, the January low is 43°F. This Mississippi town has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain.
| 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.
In Gulf Park Estates, 39% of adults have high blood pressure. Gulf Park Estates beats the Mississippi average on 16 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 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. Just over one in ten adults in Gulf Park Estates report frequent physical distress; 17% say their health is fair or poor.
| 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
Among adults 25 and older in Gulf Park Estates, 35% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. The age mix tracks Mississippi closely: no broad group is more than 4 points off. Gulf Park Estates’ midpoint age is 37.8 years.
| 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 $260K
The rent at the middle of the market in Gulf Park Estates is $1,320 a month. Gulf Park Estates: just over four in five households own their home.
| 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+.