Petal, Mississippi, is located in Forrest County, 65 miles N of Gulfport, Mississippi and 263 miles S of Memphis, Tennessee. Petal has a population of 7,579.

Petal Homes

Petal properties pool is 2,999 residential properties including Petal new homes. Median age of real estate in Petal is 1968. Average Household size is 3.05 people. 3% are one bedroom homes, 19% are 2 bedroom homes, 65% are 3 bedroom homes, 12% are 4 bedroom homes, and 1% are 5+ bedroom homes.

Petal Mortgage Statistics

Petal mortgages vs. USA median statistics

Petal Area Real Estate Tax

Petal Real estate Tax: Median Real Estate Taxes (2000) were $559 comparing to 1999 Median Family income $ 35,343. Compare to USA median yearly Real Estate Tax $1,300 and USA median Family Income $42,000 (1999).

Petal School District: Children make up 27.2% of Petal population. Petal has 2,058 under 18 years old residents, or 0.63 kids per one worker, or 0.69 kids per one household.

Petal Real Estate & Petal Homeownership

There are 779.74 or 26% one person households, 989.67 or 33% two person households, and 539.82 or 18% three person households in Petal, Mississippi. Median residents age is 34.5, Senior citizens (65+) make up 1,108 or 14.6%% of Petal population.

There are 3,285 workers (over 16 years of age) in Petal. Of these, 96.86% drive to work. Approximately 0.21% of workers in Petal take public transportation. An estimated 0.58% walk to work.

Median Petal homeowner's housing expences are 17.3%

Crime in Petal (2003), crimes per 10,000 residents per year

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