Clarke County, Mississippi

Clarke County has a population of 15,314 and has shrunk 3.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $118,100, about 2.6 times the county's median household income of $46,108.

Home price
$118,100
Income
$46,108
Population
15,314
Unemployment
7.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$118,100county
Median gross rent$801county
Median year homes here were built1984county
Share of homes built before 198043.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile26.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant22.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented17.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$867county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$783county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,044county
Home insurance / yr$2,529(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living87.3(statewide)
Median household income$46,108county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate17.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home2.3%county
Unemployment rate7.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force51.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.7%county
Share of workers employed by government13.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.1%county
Economic output per resident$26,664county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.56%county
Top state income tax4.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.06%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time34.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service18 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport17003county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station21 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.9%county
Traffic deaths65.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0008.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher17.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.7%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment2377county
Students per full-time teacher19.3county
Free lunch eligible67.5%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools2county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution33 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians20county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance13.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year23.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.9%county
Frequent mental distress16.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population15,314county
Land area in square miles692county
People per square mile of land22.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store11.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-3.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age42.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over22.3%county
Share of households that are one person27.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.8%county
Second languages1.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls66.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents474county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in305county
Households that moved away307county
Average income of arriving households$47,751county
Average income of departing households$47,329county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings12.8%(statewide)
Violent crime rate211(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature66.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.8 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.62 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F82 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing37 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days249 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 9county
Average first fall frostNov 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$161county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh14.3¢county
Household electricity use1,110 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity63.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas20.2%county
Homes heated by propane14.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.5%county
Households with broadband82.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk36.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk55.7county
Landslide risk53.8county
Hail risk41.0county
Earthquake risk48.4county
Tornado risk66.0county
Tropical cyclone risk76.0county
Extreme heat risk53.6county
Winter weather risk29.1county
Strong wind risk38.4county
Wildfire risk31.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Clarke County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Mississippi figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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