Prentiss County, Mississippi

Prentiss County has a population of 25,184 and has grown 1.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $122,500, about 2.5 times the county's median household income of $49,724.

Home price
$122,500
Income
$49,724
Population
25,184
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$122,500county
Median gross rent$637county
Median year homes here were built1981county
Share of homes built before 198048.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile15.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$842county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$642county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,012county
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$49,724county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate16.8%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 home2.6%county
Unemployment rate3.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.4%county
Share of workers employed by government13.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.1%county
Economic output per resident$31,740county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.73%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 time24.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service28 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport16194county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.2 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 station92 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.4%county
Traffic deaths123.1county
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 higher19.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher83.9%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment3973county
Students per full-time teacher11.8county
Free lunch eligible69.7%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
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 institution27 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians32county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter7.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.5%county
Frequent mental distress18.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.3%county

Place

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

Population25,184county
Land area in square miles415county
People per square mile of land60.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store7.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract12.2%county
Population change since 2020+1.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age38.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.5%county
Share of households that are one person28.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.8%county
Second languages2.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls73.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents368county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in529county
Households that moved away484county
Average income of arriving households$37,578county
Average income of departing households$37,409county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year8county
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 temperature62.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation54.8 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.43 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F51 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing62 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days236 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 17county
Average first fall frostNov 7county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$142county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh12.2¢county
Household electricity use1,177 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity51.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas38.7%county
Homes heated by propane6.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.8%county
Households with broadband80.3%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk40.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk45.6county
Landslide risk72.6county
Hail risk29.9county
Earthquake risk87.6county
Tornado risk72.9county
Tropical cyclone risk56.8county
Extreme heat risk69.6county
Winter weather risk13.4county
Strong wind risk45.3county
Wildfire risk44.6county

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 Prentiss County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Mississippi figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

Similar counties in Mississippi

Compare Prentiss with anywhere else

Put this county side by side with any other in the country, or weight the factors that matter to you and rank all 50 states.

Open Prentiss in the map