Sunflower County, Mississippi

Sunflower County has a population of 24,333 and has shrunk 11.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $100,300, about 2.5 times the county's median household income of $39,956.

Home price
$100,300
Income
$39,956
Population
24,333
Unemployment
11.2%

Housing

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

Median home price$100,300county
Median gross rent$694county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198056.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant14.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented45.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%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$1,136county
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$39,956county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate28.9%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 home5.6%county
Unemployment rate11.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force50.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.4%county
Share of workers employed by government20.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.0%county
Economic output per resident$35,453county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.93%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 time20.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service24 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport6582county
Miles to nearest general aviation field9.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station24 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.9%county
Traffic deaths69.9county
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 higher16.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher75.5%county
Public schools in the county11county
Public school enrollment2807county
Students per full-time teacher13.6county
Free lunch eligible100.0%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools4county
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 institution14 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians35county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter9.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year36.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year26.0%county
Frequent mental distress18.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity39.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes18.3%county

Place

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

Population24,333county
Land area in square miles698county
People per square mile of land34.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores4county
Share living far from a food store10.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract25.0%county
Population change since 2020-11.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age37.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.4%county
Share of households that are one person30.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.8%county
Second languages2.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls39.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents281county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-9county
Households that moved in378county
Households that moved away537county
Average income of arriving households$31,312county
Average income of departing households$33,795county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year10county
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 temperature66.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation48.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.59 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F99 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing32 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days260 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 4county
Average first fall frostNov 19county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$147county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.5¢county
Household electricity use1,093 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity33.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas57.2%county
Homes heated by propane8.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband74.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk55.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk88.7county
Landslide risk21.8county
Hail risk77.1county
Earthquake risk85.0county
Tornado risk81.1county
Tropical cyclone risk73.8county
Extreme heat risk78.1county
Winter weather risk16.0county
Strong wind risk64.5county
Wildfire risk19.3county

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 Sunflower 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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