Perry County, Mississippi

Perry County has a population of 11,449 and has grown 0.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $124,000, about 2.5 times the county's median household income of $49,634.

Home price
$124,000
Income
$49,634
Population
11,449
Unemployment
2.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$124,000county
Median gross rent$755county
Median year homes here were built1993county
Share of homes built before 198031.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile30.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented18.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,047county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$888county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,348county
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$49,634county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate18.4%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 home1.5%county
Unemployment rate2.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force49.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.8%county
Share of workers employed by government17.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.7%county
Economic output per resident$38,403county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.62%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 time29.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service25 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15575county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.1 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 station18 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.8%county
Traffic deaths244.6county
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 higher12.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.9%county
Public schools in the county6county
Public school enrollment1433county
Students per full-time teacher12.5county
Free lunch eligible74.2%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution18 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians9county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2(statewide)
Fine particulate matter9.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance15.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year20.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.7%county
Frequent mental distress18.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity37.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.0%county

Place

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

Population11,449county
Land area in square miles647county
People per square mile of land17.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store6.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract29.3%county
Population change since 2020+0.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age43.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.5%county
Share of households that are one person33.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.4%county
Second languages3.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls58.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents417county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents9county
Households that moved in253county
Households that moved away257county
Average income of arriving households$39,636county
Average income of departing households$44,747county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year4county
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 temperature66.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation51.8 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.66 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F80 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing33 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days243 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 15county
Average first fall frostNov 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$162county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh13.9¢county
Household electricity use1,201 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity80.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas4.0%county
Homes heated by propane12.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood3.5%county
Households with broadband76.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk23.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk36.3county
Landslide risk36.2county
Hail risk30.6county
Earthquake risk33.2county
Tornado risk44.3county
Tropical cyclone risk80.7county
Extreme heat risk39.8county
Winter weather risk14.3county
Strong wind risk24.5county
Wildfire risk70.6county

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

Figures marked county are measured for Perry 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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