Pearl River County, Mississippi

Pearl River County has a population of 57,458 and has grown 5.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $182,300, about 3.1 times the county's median household income of $58,135.

Home price
$182,300
Income
$58,135
Population
57,458
Unemployment
6.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$182,300county
Median gross rent$906county
Median year homes here were built1990county
Share of homes built before 198035.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile18.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant14.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$949county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$857county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,315county
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$58,135county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate16.5%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 home8.8%county
Unemployment rate6.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.4%county
Share of workers employed by government13.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.6%county
Economic output per resident$26,627county

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 time35.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service37 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport424624county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 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 station8.5 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.8%county
Traffic deaths55.7county
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 higher17.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.4%county
Public schools in the county15county
Public school enrollment8456county
Students per full-time teacher16.5county
Free lunch eligible65.0%county
Elementary schools8county
Middle schools3county
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 institution30 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians25county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here1county
Fine particulate matter9.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.5%county
Frequent mental distress16.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.8%county

Place

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

Population57,458county
Land area in square miles812county
People per square mile of land70.8county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store13.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract8.6%county
Population change since 2020+5.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age41.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.6%county
Share of households that are one person28.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.9%county
Second languages3.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls63.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents178county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in1,306county
Households that moved away1,065county
Average income of arriving households$53,381county
Average income of departing households$47,968county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes15county
Housing units authorised in the latest year383county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate211(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature68.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation52.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.65 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F98 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing24 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days266 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 1county
Average first fall frostNov 23county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$171county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh14.3¢county
Household electricity use1,198 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity87.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas5.8%county
Homes heated by propane4.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.3%county
Households with broadband85.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk73.2county
Coastal flood risk30.4county
Drought risk65.5county
Landslide risk47.8county
Hail risk66.7county
Earthquake risk46.4county
Tornado risk82.8county
Tropical cyclone risk96.5county
Extreme heat risk83.0county
Winter weather risk47.1county
Strong wind risk73.8county
Wildfire risk90.1county

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 Pearl River 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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