Hide-A-Way Lake, Mississippi

As of the 2020 census, Hide-A-Way Lake had a population of 2,065. The median age was 51.9 years. 20.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 30.2% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 90.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 83.7 males age 18 and over.^[3][4]

98.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 1.5% lived in rural areas.^[5]

There were 847 households and 651 families in Hide-A-Way Lake, of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.9% were married-couple households, 13.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.^[3]

There were 952 housing units, of which 11.0% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 11.1%.^[3]

Almost all of this CDP is in the Pearl River County School District. A very small portion is in the Picayune School District.^[9]

The respective comprehensive public high schools are: Pearl River Central High School and Picayune Memorial High School.