Coahoma County, Mississippi

Coahoma County has a population of 20,540 and has shrunk 7.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $90,300, about 2.4 times the county's median household income of $37,461.

Home price
$90,300
Income
$37,461
Population
20,540
Unemployment
9.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$90,300county
Median gross rent$749county
Median year homes here were built1970county
Share of homes built before 198066.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant17.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented47.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$842county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$748county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,177county
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$37,461county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate35.5%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 home8.0%county
Unemployment rate9.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.9%county
Share of workers employed by government23.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.3%county
Economic output per resident$41,838county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.12%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 time20.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service56 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport6582county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.4 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 station17 micounty
Households without a vehicle14.9%county
Traffic deaths14.6county
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 higher19.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher82.8%county
Public schools in the county13county
Public school enrollment3518county
Students per full-time teacher16.8county
Free lunch eligible98.0%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools4county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution34 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians43county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year37.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year29.0%county
Frequent mental distress19.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity42.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes21.7%county

Place

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

Population20,540county
Land area in square miles553county
People per square mile of land37.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores8county
Share living far from a food store4.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-7.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents11county
Median age35.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1827.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.5%county
Share of households that are one person35.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.8%county
Second languages2.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents243county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-15county
Households that moved in348county
Households that moved away481county
Average income of arriving households$39,422county
Average income of departing households$37,933county
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 temperature65.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation48.2 incounty
Annual snowfall3.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.52 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F81 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing45 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days239 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 19county
Average first fall frostNov 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$157county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh13.2¢county
Household electricity use1,188 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity35.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas54.4%county
Homes heated by propane8.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband79.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk46.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk80.1county
Landslide risk27.6county
Hail risk63.8county
Earthquake risk90.7county
Tornado risk86.6county
Tropical cyclone risk59.7county
Extreme heat risk78.3county
Winter weather risk20.7county
Strong wind risk76.3county
Wildfire risk10.5county

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 Coahoma 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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