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Wesson town, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Wesson town is a Census town of 2,250 people across 4.51 square miles of land, lying across Copiah County and Lincoln County. Median household income is $65,179, 60.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.1 m.
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Wesson
What Wesson is
- Census place typetown
- Land area4.51 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land499
- County holding the largest share of its areaCopiah County, 92.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inCopiah County 92.4 percent, Lincoln County 7.6 percent
Wesson town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wesson
How many people live in Wesson
- Population2,250
- Median age21.1
- Population under 18514 plus or minus 156
- Share under 1822.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Population 65 and over239 plus or minus 76
- Share 65 and over10.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Households617 plus or minus 130
- Family households514 plus or minus 127
- Share of households that are families83.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wesson
Income and work in Wesson
- Median household income$65,179 plus or minus $17,258
- Per capita income$20,328
- Civilian labor force864 plus or minus 191
- Employed819 plus or minus 188
- Unemployed45 plus or minus 38
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over1,017 plus or minus 206
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.6 percent plus or minus 24.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wesson
Housing in Wesson
- Housing units683
- Occupied units617 plus or minus 130
- Vacant units66 plus or minus 42
- Vacancy rate9.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied372 plus or minus 82
- Renter occupied245 plus or minus 121
- Ownership rate60.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$168,500 plus or minus $38,607
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,125
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.7 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Single family units501 plus or minus 111
- Share single family73.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more81 plus or minus 63
- Share in buildings of two or more11.9 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Mobile homes101 plus or minus 57
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wesson
How Wesson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute695 plus or minus 168
- Commuting under 15 minutes204 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.4 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more299 plus or minus 94
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Drove alone76.3 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Worked from home9.9 percent plus or minus 8.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wesson
SBA 7(a) lending to Wesson borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$5,076,500
- Average approval$564,056
- Median approval$140,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,668,000
- Largest approval$3,668,000
- Jobs supported39
- Jobs per approval4.3
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Copiah County, not Wesson
Copiah County context, not Wesson figures
These are Copiah County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wesson measurements.
- Establishments in Copiah County440
- Employment at those establishments, Copiah County5,524
- Covered employment, Copiah County6,434
- Average annual pay, Copiah County$40,976
- Average weekly wage, Copiah County$788
- Housing units permitted, Copiah County5
- Of those, single family, Copiah County5
- County product, 2024, Copiah County$948,503,000
- County product change over the prior year, Copiah County8.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Copiah County$43,867
Every figure in this section is published for Copiah County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wesson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Wesson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wesson, Mississippi?
2,250, in 617 households. Wesson town covers 4.51 square miles of land, which is 499 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wesson in?
Wesson lies in more than one. By area it is 92.4 percent in Copiah County, 7.6 percent in Lincoln County. This page sits under Copiah County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Wesson?
$65,179. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $168,500. Median gross rent is $1,125 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wesson businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $5.1 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $140,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wesson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wesson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wesson. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Wesson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Copiah County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Wesson.
Is zoning published for Wesson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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