Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Highest Costs Beyond the Mortgage in Mississippi
Tax, insurance, electricity, water and maintenance as a share of the total monthly cost of owning: everything the mortgage payment is not. Ranking the dollars would just reproduce a list of expensive counties, because all of those costs scale with the price of the house. The share does not: at one rate and one down payment the mortgage is the same fraction of price everywhere, so what moves this list is counties whose carrying costs are heavy for what the house is worth. The share depends on the rate and the 20% down payment this site models, and would shift if either changed.
Mississippi ranked
| # | County | Share beyond mortgage | Monthly beyond mortgage | Monthly to own |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quitman County | 53.5% | $421 | $788 |
| 2 | Holmes County | 51.1% | $427 | $835 |
| 3 | Coahoma County | 50.8% | $476 | $937 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 50.6% | $446 | $880 |
| 5 | Wilkinson County | 50.3% | $433 | $861 |
| 6 | Noxubee County | 50.1% | $456 | $911 |
| 7 | Humphreys County | 49.9% | $472 | $946 |
| 8 | Calhoun County | 49.1% | $427 | $870 |
| 9 | Jefferson Davis County | 49.1% | $448 | $913 |
| 10 | Claiborne County | 49.1% | $416 | $847 |
| 11 | Tallahatchie County | 48.9% | $420 | $859 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 48.7% | $446 | $916 |
| 13 | Scott County | 48.5% | $452 | $932 |
| 14 | Leflore County | 48.5% | $493 | $1,018 |
| 15 | Greene County | 48.0% | $464 | $967 |
| 16 | Neshoba County | 48.0% | $475 | $991 |
| 17 | Kemper County | 47.6% | $438 | $919 |
| 18 | Yalobusha County | 47.6% | $472 | $991 |
| 19 | Washington County | 47.4% | $479 | $1,009 |
| 20 | Amite County | 47.2% | $428 | $908 |
| 21 | Franklin County | 47.1% | $453 | $960 |
| 22 | Sunflower County | 47.1% | $492 | $1,044 |
| 23 | Covington County | 46.9% | $464 | $990 |
| 24 | Chickasaw County | 46.9% | $473 | $1,009 |
| 25 | Newton County | 46.8% | $483 | $1,031 |
| 26 | Sharkey County | 46.8% | $508 | $1,084 |
| 27 | Adams County | 46.8% | $499 | $1,067 |
| 28 | Pike County | 46.6% | $514 | $1,104 |
| 29 | Copiah County | 46.5% | $489 | $1,053 |
| 30 | Issaquena County | 46.4% | $420 | $904 |
| 31 | Montgomery County | 46.4% | $511 | $1,102 |
| 32 | Lawrence County | 46.2% | $479 | $1,037 |
| 33 | Carroll County | 45.9% | $478 | $1,041 |
| 34 | Grenada County | 45.7% | $555 | $1,213 |
| 35 | Attala County | 45.5% | $479 | $1,054 |
| 36 | Lauderdale County | 45.5% | $554 | $1,219 |
| 37 | Benton County | 45.4% | $486 | $1,069 |
| 38 | Monroe County | 45.2% | $508 | $1,123 |
| 39 | Marion County | 45.1% | $512 | $1,137 |
| 40 | Choctaw County | 45.0% | $457 | $1,015 |
| 41 | Webster County | 45.0% | $479 | $1,063 |
| 42 | Leake County | 45.0% | $500 | $1,112 |
| 43 | Clay County | 44.9% | $504 | $1,121 |
| 44 | Simpson County | 44.9% | $486 | $1,082 |
| 45 | Walthall County | 44.9% | $525 | $1,168 |
| 46 | Jones County | 44.8% | $550 | $1,227 |
| 47 | Prentiss County | 44.8% | $505 | $1,126 |
| 48 | Panola County | 44.7% | $525 | $1,174 |
| 49 | Yazoo County | 44.7% | $557 | $1,246 |
| 50 | Bolivar County | 44.6% | $531 | $1,191 |
| 51 | Perry County | 44.3% | $534 | $1,207 |
| 52 | Jasper County | 44.2% | $502 | $1,135 |
| 53 | Winston County | 44.2% | $512 | $1,159 |
| 54 | Clarke County | 44.2% | $482 | $1,093 |
| 55 | Tippah County | 44.0% | $540 | $1,225 |
| 56 | Itawamba County | 44.0% | $514 | $1,167 |
| 57 | Smith County | 44.0% | $478 | $1,086 |
| 58 | Lincoln County | 43.6% | $544 | $1,248 |
| 59 | Warren County | 43.4% | $590 | $1,361 |
| 60 | Hinds County | 43.2% | $615 | $1,422 |
| 61 | Alcorn County | 43.0% | $532 | $1,238 |
| 62 | Forrest County | 42.7% | $609 | $1,425 |
| 63 | Tishomingo County | 42.6% | $526 | $1,233 |
| 64 | Pontotoc County | 42.6% | $560 | $1,317 |
| 65 | Lowndes County | 41.4% | $594 | $1,434 |
| 66 | Tate County | 41.2% | $648 | $1,571 |
| 67 | Marshall County | 41.1% | $643 | $1,562 |
| 68 | Union County | 41.0% | $589 | $1,439 |
| 69 | Stone County | 40.9% | $603 | $1,474 |
| 70 | George County | 40.8% | $619 | $1,516 |
| 71 | Pearl River County | 40.6% | $638 | $1,570 |
| 72 | Jackson County | 40.6% | $663 | $1,633 |
| 73 | Tunica County | 40.5% | $561 | $1,386 |
| 74 | Lee County | 40.3% | $676 | $1,678 |
| 75 | Hancock County | 39.5% | $719 | $1,822 |
| 76 | Harrison County | 39.3% | $690 | $1,754 |
| 77 | Oktibbeha County | 39.3% | $758 | $1,930 |
| 78 | Lamar County | 38.7% | $738 | $1,906 |
| 79 | Rankin County | 38.3% | $740 | $1,933 |
| 80 | DeSoto County | 37.6% | $801 | $2,129 |
| 81 | Lafayette County | 37.3% | $829 | $2,219 |
| 82 | Madison County | 37.2% | $907 | $2,435 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Highest Costs Beyond the Mortgage across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Mississippi