Marion County, Mississippi

Marion County has a population of 24,193 and has shrunk 1.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $122,800, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $45,110.

Home price
$122,800
Income
$45,110
Population
24,193
Unemployment
7.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$122,800county
Median gross rent$818county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198049.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile23.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$860county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$655county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,031county
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$45,110county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate19.7%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 home5.2%county
Unemployment rate7.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.3%county
Share of workers employed by government8.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.1%county
Economic output per resident$47,199county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.75%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 time34.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service33 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15575county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.8 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 station33 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.5%county
Traffic deaths57.9county
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 higher13.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher83.2%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment3433county
Students per full-time teacher14.2county
Free lunch eligible88.4%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools3county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution30 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians37county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here1county
Fine particulate matter9.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance13.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year25.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.2%county
Frequent mental distress18.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity34.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.8%county

Place

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

Population24,193county
Land area in square miles542county
People per square mile of land44.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store12.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract28.1%county
Population change since 2020-1.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age40.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.8%county
Share of households that are one person27.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.4%county
Second languages2.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls77.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents401county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in457county
Households that moved away394county
Average income of arriving households$47,004county
Average income of departing households$43,865county
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 temperature68.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.64 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F114 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing29 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days260 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 4county
Average first fall frostNov 19county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$166county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.4¢county
Household electricity use1,154 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity72.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas11.9%county
Homes heated by propane13.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood2.1%county
Households with broadband83.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk48.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk46.8county
Landslide risk54.5county
Hail risk89.5county
Earthquake risk49.9county
Tornado risk73.4county
Tropical cyclone risk89.9county
Extreme heat risk67.1county
Winter weather risk33.5county
Strong wind risk55.3county
Wildfire risk75.8county

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 Marion 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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