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Population in July 2007: 1,039. Population change since 2000: -1.5%
 

Males: 469  (43.7%)
Females: 604  (56.3%)

Amite County

Median resident age:  33.3 years
Mississippi median age:  33.8 years

Zip codes: 39638.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $19,700 (it was $19,922 in 2000)
Gloster  $19,700
Mississippi:  $32,938

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $48,400 (it was $47,400 in 2000)
Gloster  $48,400
Mississippi:  $82,700

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Races in Gloster:

  • Black (55.0%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (43.5%)
  • Hispanic (1.8%)
  • Other race (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Gloster: 75.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (13.2%), Irish (5.6%), English (4.6%), Subsaharan African (2.9%), German (2.5%), Italian (1.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 434 feet

Land area: 1.82 square miles.

Population density: 578 people per square mile 
 
 (low).




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For population 25 years and over in Gloster

  • High school or higher: 69.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
  • Unemployed: 5.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 30.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Gloster town

  • Never married: 33.4%
  • Now married: 39.8%
  • Separated: 5.2%
  • Widowed: 11.9%
  • Divorced: 9.8%

4 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.4%
Mississippi:  1.4%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Gloster, Mississippi in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Gloster to the number of sex offenders is 528 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Gloster:  0.5% ($214)
Mississippi:  0.6% ($425)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Baton Rouge, LA (51.8 miles , pop. 227,818).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (315.8 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Crosby, MS (6.4 miles ), Centreville, MS (8.3 miles ), Liberty, MS (15.0 miles ), Norwood, LA (16.8 miles ), Wilson, LA (20.2 miles ), Woodville, MS (20.3 miles ), Meadville, MS (21.0 miles ), Roxie, MS (21.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $43,000
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 1 building, cost: $47,700
  • 1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $57,700
  • 2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $59,100
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $52,700
  • 2003: 1 building, cost: $65,000
  • 2004: 1 building, cost: $45,000
  • 2005: 1 building, cost: $50,000
  • 2006: 0 buildings
  • 2007: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 31.20 N, Longitude: 91.02 W


Area code: 601

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Population change in the 1990s: -237 (-18.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Wood products (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Food (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (21%)
  • Food (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Apparel (5%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (9%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)


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Crime in Gloster by Year

Type 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006
Murders 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Robberies 20012
    per 100,000 185.50.00.093.5189.4
Assaults 02108
    per 100,000 0.0184.594.50.0757.6
Burglaries 236137
    per 100,000 185.5276.8567.11216.1662.9
Thefts 00001
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.094.7
Auto thefts 03320
    per 100,000 0.0276.8283.6187.10.0
Arson 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 177.4) 68.678.481.3128.2258.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 7 (5 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  4.74
US city average:  3.00

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Gloster-area historical tornado activity is near Mississippi state average. It is 111% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/23/1969, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 33.5 miles away from the Gloster town center killed 32 people and injured 241 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 1/10/1975, a category 4 tornado 33.6 miles away from the town center killed 9 people and injured 210 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Gloster:
  • FIELD MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; CENTREVILLE, MS)
  • FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; MEADVILLE, MS)
  • CLINTON REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; CLINTON, LA)

Political contributions by individuals in Gloster, MS

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Gloster:
  • HARDY-ANDERS FIELD NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY (about 34 miles; NATCHEZ, MS; ID: HEZ)
  • BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN, RYAN FIELD (about 48 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; ID: BTR)
  • LAFAYETTE REGIONAL (about 96 miles; LAFAYETTE, LA; ID: LFT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gloster:
  • CROSBY MUNICIPAL (about 7 miles; CROSBY, MS; ID: C71)
  • MC COMB/PIKE COUNTY/JOHN E LEWIS FIELD (about 39 miles; MC COMB, MS; ID: MCB)
  • CONCORDIA PARISH (about 42 miles; VIDALIA, LA; ID: 0R4)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Gloster:
  • ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; ALCORN STATE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,594)
  • SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 49 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
  • LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR (about 56 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
  • SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; HAMMOND, LA; FT enrollment: 12,549)
  • HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles; RAYMOND, MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
  • MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 88 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT enrollment: 2,904)
  • JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; JACKSON, MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
Public high school in Gloster:
Private high school in Gloster:
  • PINE HILLS ACADEMY INC (Students: 236; Location: PO BOX 458; Grades: PK - 12)

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Notable location: Hamochitto Work Center (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Gloster include: Gloster First Baptist Church (A), Holy Family Catholic Church (B), Sharron Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Gloster Woodlawn Cemetery (1), Gloster Roselawn Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Hotel: Glostonian Motel & Restaurant (818 Ms Highway 33).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Gloster and their reported violations in the past:

PINE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Notification, Public - Between JAN-2002 and DEC-2002, Contaminant: Nitrate-Nitrite
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This town:  2.5 people
Mississippi:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  70.9%
Whole state:  71.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  5.9%
Whole state:  4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.7% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  39.8%
Whole state:  19.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  28.3%
Whole state:  9.1%

Gloster compared to Mississippi state average:

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  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Banks with branches in Gloster (2007 data):
  • Trustmark National Bank: Tnb Gloster Branch at 162 Main Street, branch established on 1966-01-03. Info updated 2006-10-17: Bank assets: $8,704.1 mil, Deposits: $6,812.8 mil, headquarters in Jackson, MS, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 167 total offices, Holding Company: Trustmark Corporation



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7.56% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,813 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.56%
Mississippi average:  7.82%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Orleans Parish, LA  1.20% ($25,900 average AGI)
from Pike County, MS  1.20% ($29,860)
from East Baton Rouge Parish, LA  0.48% ($43,600)


6.53% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,520 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.53%
Mississippi average:  8.35%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Pike County, MS  1.70% ($24,014 average AGI)
to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA  0.58% ($24,292)
to Lincoln County, MS  0.32% ($27,077)


Strongest AM radio stations in Gloster:
  • WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
  • WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
  • WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
  • WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WSKR (1210 AM; 10 kW; DENHAM SPRINGS, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
  • WAPF (980 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WHNY (1250 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: C.W.H. BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WJBO (1150 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WIBR (1300 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KBRH (1260 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD)
  • KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WPFC (1550 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: VICTORY & POWER MINISTRIES,INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Gloster:
  • WZFL-FM (104.9 FM; CENTREVILLE, MS; Owner: SOUTHWEST BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WQNZ (95.1 FM; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: FIRST NATCHEZ CORPORATION)
  • WMAU-FM (88.9 FM; BUDE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • WQCK (92.7 FM; CLINTON, LA; Owner: BETHANY WORLD PRAYER CENTER, INC.)
  • WAKH (105.7 FM; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WAZA (107.7 FM; LIBERTY, MS; Owner: SOUTHWEST BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WNJJ (97.3 FM; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: WILL PERK BROADCASTING)
  • WEMX (94.1 FM; KENTWOOD, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Gloster:
  • WMAU-TV (Channel 17; BUDE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • WAFB (Channel 9; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: WAFB, L.L.C)
  • W24CR (Channel 24; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: LOUISIANA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WNTZ (Channel 48; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: WHITE KNIGHT BROADCASTING OF NATCHEZ LICENSE CORP.)

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