Winston County, Mississippi

Winston County has a population of 17,536 and has shrunk 1.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $124,600, about 2.4 times the county's median household income of $53,031.

Home price
$124,600
Income
$53,031
Population
17,536
Unemployment
6.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$124,600county
Median gross rent$721county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198054.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile13.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented27.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$842county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$768county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,111county
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$53,031county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate26.9%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 home3.5%county
Unemployment rate6.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force50.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.5%county
Share of workers employed by government17.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.0%county
Economic output per resident$38,983county

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 time25.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service36 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport47323county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.4 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 station54 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.9%county
Traffic deaths279.4county
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 higher19.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.1%county
Public schools in the county6county
Public school enrollment2413county
Students per full-time teacher17.2county
Free lunch eligible74.4%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution29 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians28county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year27.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year18.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity34.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.7%county

Place

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

Population17,536county
Land area in square miles607county
People per square mile of land28.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store6.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-1.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age42.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.7%county
Share of households that are one person32.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.2%county
Second languages1.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls69.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents435county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in286county
Households that moved away288county
Average income of arriving households$46,657county
Average income of departing households$37,660county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1county
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 temperature64.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation52.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.55 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F76 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing44 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days233 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 25county
Average first fall frostNov 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$133county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.6¢county
Household electricity use1,054 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity45.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas29.3%county
Homes heated by propane22.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.6%county
Homes heated by wood2.0%county
Households with broadband75.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk22.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk58.1county
Landslide risk47.7county
Hail risk66.4county
Earthquake risk68.5county
Tornado risk79.2county
Tropical cyclone risk72.5county
Extreme heat risk63.6county
Winter weather risk44.4county
Strong wind risk77.8county
Wildfire risk35.5county

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 Winston 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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