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Tunica, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Tunica is a Census town of 838 people across 0.66 square miles of land, in Tunica County. Median household income is $39,282, 51.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $103,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Tunica
What Tunica is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.66 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,263 plus or minus 444
- County holding the largest share of its areaTunica County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tunica
How many people live in Tunica
- Population838 plus or minus 295
- Median age53.4
- Population under 18135 plus or minus 72
- Share under 1816.1 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over295 plus or minus 92
- Share 65 and over35.2 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Households461 plus or minus 158
- Family households206 plus or minus 81
- Share of households that are families44.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tunica
Income and work in Tunica
- Median household income$39,282 plus or minus $27,086
- Per capita income$34,089 plus or minus $7,448
- Civilian labor force351 plus or minus 145
- Employed338 plus or minus 140
- Unemployed13 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over659 plus or minus 219
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.6 percent plus or minus 38.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.0 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Tunica
- Housing units560 plus or minus 170
- Occupied units461 plus or minus 158
- Vacant units99 plus or minus 90
- Vacancy rate17.7 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Owner occupied235 plus or minus 88
- Renter occupied226 plus or minus 117
- Ownership rate51.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$194,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$621 plus or minus $268
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.0 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Single family units403 plus or minus 137
- Share single family72.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more153 plus or minus 77
- Share in buildings of two or more27.3 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes4 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Tunica gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute324 plus or minus 139
- Commuting under 15 minutes153 plus or minus 71
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more136 plus or minus 85
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.0 percent plus or minus 18.9
- Drove alone86.1 percent plus or minus 50.1
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tunica
SBA loans in Tunica (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$103,000
- Average approval$103,000
- Median approval$103,000
- Largest approval$103,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tunica, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Tunica
Flood risk in Tunica
- NFIP communityTown of Tunica
- NFIP community number280196
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date05/04/21
The Town of Tunica participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 280196 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Tunica County, not Tunica
Tunica County context, not Tunica figures
- Establishments in Tunica County184
- Covered employment, Tunica County5,799
- Average annual pay, Tunica County$41,726
- Housing units permitted, Tunica County90
Every figure in this section is published for Tunica County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tunica.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Tunica questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tunica, Mississippi?
838, in 461 households. Tunica town covers 0.66 square miles of land, which is 1,263 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tunica in?
Tunica County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Tunica?
$39,282. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $194,700. Median gross rent is $621 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tunica businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $103,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $103,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tunica, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tunica borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tunica. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Tunica in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Tunica appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Tunica, town of, community 280196, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Tunica figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tunica 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 Tunica.
Is zoning published for Tunica?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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