Holmes County, Mississippi

Holmes County has a population of 16,191 and has shrunk 9.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $80,400, about 2.5 times the county's median household income of $32,538.

Home price
$80,400
Income
$32,538
Population
16,191
Unemployment
9.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$80,400county
Median gross rent$590county
Median year homes here were built1982county
Share of homes built before 198045.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile25.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented39.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use5.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$842county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$768county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,111county
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$32,538county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate36.4%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 home2.7%county
Unemployment rate9.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force44.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.3%county
Share of workers employed by government23.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.6%county
Economic output per resident$20,640county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.86%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 time36.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service54 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport616695county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.5 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 station28 micounty
Households without a vehicle15.9%county
Traffic deaths61.8county
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 higher13.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher83.8%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment2300county
Students per full-time teacher14.1county
Free lunch eligible100.0%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools2county
High schools1county
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 physicians55county
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 insurance10.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year41.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year32.3%county
Frequent mental distress19.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity42.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes21.7%county

Place

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

Population16,191county
Land area in square miles757county
People per square mile of land21.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store4.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract12.2%county
Population change since 2020-9.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age36.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.8%county
Share of households that are one person33.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.4%county
Second languages0.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents441county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-9county
Households that moved in237county
Households that moved away401county
Average income of arriving households$30,966county
Average income of departing households$30,005county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year20county
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 temperature67.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation48.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.9 in(statewide)
Average daily solar energy4.58 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F107 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing29 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days238 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 18county
Average first fall frostNov 11county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$157county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.8¢county
Household electricity use1,058 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity51.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas28.2%county
Homes heated by propane17.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.8%county
Households with broadband68.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk32.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk84.3county
Landslide risk63.5county
Hail risk72.4county
Earthquake risk69.7county
Tornado risk82.5county
Tropical cyclone risk66.5county
Extreme heat risk69.8county
Winter weather risk46.7county
Strong wind risk71.9county
Wildfire risk57.5county

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 Holmes 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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