Mississippi cities — momentum scores, home values & rankings

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61 Mississippi cities tracked. Sorted by composite momentum score (home prices, rent, population).

Long thesis

Median home value across tracked cities is $195,931, well below the US median of ~$355k. Affordability of this scale, even in a flat-momentum state, is a long-duration bet on people running out of patience with high-cost coasts.

Short thesis

8 of 59 tracked cities are in the 'Declining' tier — that's a meaningful slice of the state, not a tail. The bear case is that the macro headwinds (out-migration, cost of capital, regional economy) compound rather than reverse.

61
Cities tracked
$200,622
Median home (state)
35
Rising / Hot
16
Cooling / Declining

Oxford

pop 26,801
77
Rising$414,121 · +3.7%

Richland

pop 7,607
75
Rising$222,319 · +4.0%

Pontotoc

pop 6,046
75
Rising$202,438 · +7.6%

Pass Christian

pop 6,429
73
Rising$304,194 · +3.2%

Gulf Hills

pop 8,526
73
Rising$249,195 · +2.0%

Tupelo

pop 37,775
72
Rising$208,053 · +5.7%

Pearl

pop 28,458
72
Rising$210,667 · +3.5%

Starkville

pop 25,844
71
Rising$277,055 · +2.1%

Senatobia

pop 8,428
70
Rising$243,072 · +4.1%

Vancleave

pop 5,592
70
Rising$278,483 · +2.7%

Ridgeland

pop 24,576
69
Rising$283,358 · +2.8%

Hernando

pop 18,542
69
Rising$346,954 · +2.0%

Southaven

pop 57,493
68
Rising$276,140 · +1.8%

Olive Branch

pop 47,365
68
Rising$334,170 · +0.6%

Brandon

pop 25,870
68
Rising$289,325 · +1.8%

Byram

pop 12,656
68
Rising$221,413 · +2.9%

New Albany

pop 7,729
68
Rising$205,442 · +4.3%

Gulfport

pop 74,621
67
Rising$203,533 · +0.6%

Long Beach

pop 17,217
67
Rising$237,241 · +0.9%

Corinth

pop 14,219
67
Rising$178,502 · +6.6%

Picayune

pop 12,017
67
Rising$195,931 · +3.7%

Flowood

pop 10,853
67
Rising$332,183 · +0.3%

Ocean Springs

pop 18,954
66
Rising$269,672 · +0.5%

Petal

pop 11,538
66
Rising$224,638 · +1.4%

Hattiesburg

pop 48,522
65
Rising$221,516 · +3.1%

Batesville

pop 7,356
65
Rising$200,622 · +2.0%

Forest

pop 5,364
65
Rising$123,839 · +7.8%

Madison

pop 28,210
64
Rising$415,389 · +1.8%

Grenada

pop 12,138
64
Rising$136,653 · +7.1%

Biloxi

pop 48,144
63
Rising$235,824 · +2.2%

Gautier

pop 19,055
63
Rising$189,175 · +0.3%

Diamondhead

pop 9,391
63
Rising$246,861 · +0.5%

Amory

pop 6,412
63
Rising$164,117 · +3.1%

Pascagoula

pop 21,476
62
Rising$144,836 · -0.5%

Columbia

pop 6,534
62
Rising$135,708 · +0.4%

Clinton

pop 26,617
61
Stable$238,600 · +1.9%

Horn Lake

pop 26,574
61
Stable$202,690 · +0.1%

Columbus

pop 22,820
59
Stable$176,601 · +1.1%

Canton

pop 10,777
57
Stable$223,137 · -0.4%

Louisville

pop 5,899
55
Stable$146,370 · +0.6%

Moss Point

pop 11,791
53
Stable$147,413 · -1.6%

Waveland

pop 7,043
51
Stable$213,996 · -1.4%

Laurel

pop 17,508
50
Stable$144,946 · -3.0%

Holly Springs

pop 6,472
48
Stable$174,861 · -0.4%

Ripley

pop 5,359
48
Stable$141,545 · -0.5%

Meridian

pop 33,549
46
Cooling$112,872 · -0.2%

Vicksburg

pop 20,032
45
Cooling$146,016 · -1.2%

Booneville

pop 9,367
43
Cooling$143,213 · -2.0%

Brookhaven

pop 11,654
42
Cooling$162,969 · -2.7%

West Point

pop 9,758
39
Cooling$146,162 · -6.5%

Philadelphia

pop 6,938
39
Cooling$135,599 · -3.3%

Jackson

pop 141,449
35
Cooling$88,100 · -0.7%

Greenwood

pop 13,627
33
Cooling$85,702 · +0.1%

McComb

pop 11,762
24
Declining$92,220 · -6.4%

Cleveland

pop 10,183
24
Declining$141,815 · -5.7%

Indianola

pop 8,702
24
Declining$88,979 · -8.6%

Kosciusko

pop 6,774
23
Declining$112,582 · -8.8%

Yazoo City

pop 9,913
20
Declining$69,359 · -13.5%

Natchez

pop 14,233
19
Declining$115,277 · -12.0%

Clarksdale

pop 13,861
11
Declining$49,228 · -10.0%

Greenville

pop 27,015
10
Declining$56,769 · -20.1%

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Official state resources

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Tools for Mississippi

Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Cost of living & climate

Cost-of-living index
86.1 (US=100)
Well Below Us Avg. Source: MERIC Q4 2024 composite (housing, groceries, utilities, transport, healthcare, misc).
Climate

Humid subtropical. Hot humid summers, mild winters. Severe weather: tornadoes spring/fall, Gulf hurricane exposure.

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