Hinds County, Mississippi

Hinds County has a population of 218,533 and has shrunk 7.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $159,900, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $49,402.

Home price
$159,900
Income
$49,402
Population
218,533
Unemployment
7.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$159,900county
Median gross rent$1,061county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198061.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented41.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,305county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,288county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,097county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,544county
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$49,402county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate22.7%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 home8.6%county
Unemployment rate7.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.1%county
Share of workers employed by government23.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.6%county
Economic output per resident$70,672county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.88%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 time22.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service11 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport616695county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station3.9 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.1%county
Traffic deaths61.3county
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 higher31.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.7%county
Public schools in the county59county
Public school enrollment29975county
Students per full-time teacher14.5county
Free lunch eligible86.3%county
Elementary schools31county
Middle schools15county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above6county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians89county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county7county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter10.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year27.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year17.3%county
Frequent mental distress18.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity36.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.5%county

Place

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

Population218,533county
Land area in square miles870county
People per square mile of land251.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores24county
Convenience stores23county
Share living far from a food store16.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.6%county
Population change since 2020-7.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age36.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.3%county
Share of households that are one person37.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.0%county
Second languages3.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls76.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents205county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-8county
Households that moved in4,226county
Households that moved away5,641county
Average income of arriving households$42,833county
Average income of departing households$55,807county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year427county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings29.3%county
Violent crime rate211(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature67.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.59 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F100 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing26 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days250 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 11county
Average first fall frostNov 16county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$152county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.1¢county
Household electricity use1,081 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity51.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas42.3%county
Homes heated by propane4.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.5%county
Households with broadband89.3%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk95.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk80.5county
Landslide risk78.3county
Hail risk99.3county
Earthquake risk90.9county
Tornado risk98.2county
Tropical cyclone risk86.4county
Extreme heat risk97.1county
Winter weather risk92.2county
Strong wind risk98.1county
Wildfire risk54.6county

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 teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Hinds 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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