Panola County, Mississippi

Panola County has a population of 32,808 and has shrunk 1.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $127,800, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $45,945.

Home price
$127,800
Income
$45,945
Population
32,808
Unemployment
6.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$127,800county
Median gross rent$874county
Median year homes here were built1988county
Share of homes built before 198040.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile25.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$878county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$743county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,121county
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$45,945county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate23.3%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 home4.6%county
Unemployment rate6.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force52.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.6%county
Share of workers employed by government19.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.7%county
Economic output per resident$43,160county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.65%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 time29.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service48 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2439366county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.7 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 station20 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.4%county
Traffic deaths88.4county
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 higher17.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher82.5%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment5323county
Students per full-time teacher14.4county
Free lunch eligible88.2%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools3county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution23 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians21county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year29.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year19.8%county
Frequent mental distress18.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity38.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes18.3%county

Place

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

Population32,808county
Land area in square miles685county
People per square mile of land47.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores4county
Share living far from a food store7.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract8.2%county
Population change since 2020-1.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age39.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.5%county
Share of households that are one person31.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.0%county
Second languages2.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls50.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents307county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in709county
Households that moved away682county
Average income of arriving households$40,464county
Average income of departing households$44,188county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year13county
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 temperature64.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation51.2 incounty
Annual snowfall2.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.49 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F84 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing55 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days235 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 19county
Average first fall frostNov 8county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$147county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.8¢county
Household electricity use1,142 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity46.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas20.5%county
Homes heated by propane31.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.9%county
Households with broadband78.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk43.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk65.4county
Landslide risk73.3county
Hail risk44.9county
Earthquake risk90.9county
Tornado risk87.8county
Tropical cyclone risk67.8county
Extreme heat risk89.2county
Winter weather risk11.1county
Strong wind risk92.0county
Wildfire risk63.4county

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 Panola 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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