Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Highest Salary Needed to Buy a Home in Mississippi
What a household has to earn to buy the county's own median home under the standard 28% rule, meaning housing costs at no more than 28% of gross income, counting the full monthly bill rather than just the mortgage. These are the counties where the entry ticket is steepest.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Mississippi ranked
| # | County | Income needed | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County | $104,500 | $2,435 | $286,300 |
| 2 | Lafayette County | $95,000 | $2,219 | $260,500 |
| 3 | DeSoto County | $91,000 | $2,129 | $248,700 |
| 4 | Rankin County | $83,000 | $1,933 | $223,400 |
| 5 | Oktibbeha County | $82,500 | $1,930 | $219,500 |
| 6 | Lamar County | $81,500 | $1,906 | $218,700 |
| 7 | Hancock County | $78,000 | $1,822 | $206,600 |
| 8 | Harrison County | $75,000 | $1,754 | $199,300 |
| 9 | Lee County | $72,000 | $1,678 | $187,800 |
| 10 | Jackson County | $70,000 | $1,633 | $181,700 |
| 11 | Pearl River County | $67,500 | $1,570 | $174,500 |
| 12 | Tate County | $67,500 | $1,571 | $173,000 |
| 13 | Marshall County | $67,000 | $1,562 | $172,200 |
| 14 | George County | $65,000 | $1,516 | $168,100 |
| 15 | Stone County | $63,000 | $1,474 | $163,300 |
| 16 | Lowndes County | $61,500 | $1,434 | $157,400 |
| 17 | Union County | $61,500 | $1,439 | $159,100 |
| 18 | Forrest County | $61,000 | $1,425 | $152,900 |
| 19 | Hinds County | $61,000 | $1,422 | $151,200 |
| 20 | Tunica County | $59,500 | $1,386 | $154,500 |
| 21 | Warren County | $58,500 | $1,361 | $144,400 |
| 22 | Pontotoc County | $56,500 | $1,317 | $141,700 |
| 23 | Lincoln County | $53,500 | $1,248 | $131,800 |
| 24 | Yazoo County | $53,500 | $1,246 | $129,200 |
| 25 | Alcorn County | $53,000 | $1,238 | $132,300 |
| 26 | Tishomingo County | $53,000 | $1,233 | $132,500 |
| 27 | Jones County | $52,500 | $1,227 | $126,800 |
| 28 | Tippah County | $52,500 | $1,225 | $128,400 |
| 29 | Grenada County | $52,000 | $1,213 | $123,400 |
| 30 | Lauderdale County | $52,000 | $1,219 | $124,500 |
| 31 | Perry County | $51,500 | $1,207 | $126,000 |
| 32 | Bolivar County | $51,000 | $1,191 | $123,600 |
| 33 | Panola County | $50,500 | $1,174 | $121,500 |
| 34 | Itawamba County | $50,000 | $1,167 | $122,400 |
| 35 | Walthall County | $50,000 | $1,168 | $120,600 |
| 36 | Winston County | $49,500 | $1,159 | $121,200 |
| 37 | Jasper County | $48,500 | $1,135 | $118,600 |
| 38 | Marion County | $48,500 | $1,137 | $117,000 |
| 39 | Prentiss County | $48,500 | $1,126 | $116,500 |
| 40 | Clay County | $48,000 | $1,121 | $115,600 |
| 41 | Monroe County | $48,000 | $1,123 | $115,200 |
| 42 | Leake County | $47,500 | $1,112 | $114,600 |
| 43 | Pike County | $47,500 | $1,104 | $110,500 |
| 44 | Clarke County | $47,000 | $1,093 | $114,300 |
| 45 | Montgomery County | $47,000 | $1,102 | $110,700 |
| 46 | Sharkey County | $46,500 | $1,084 | $108,000 |
| 47 | Simpson County | $46,500 | $1,082 | $111,600 |
| 48 | Smith County | $46,500 | $1,086 | $114,000 |
| 49 | Benton County | $46,000 | $1,069 | $109,300 |
| 50 | Adams County | $45,500 | $1,067 | $106,300 |
| 51 | Webster County | $45,500 | $1,063 | $109,500 |
| 52 | Attala County | $45,000 | $1,054 | $107,600 |
| 53 | Copiah County | $45,000 | $1,053 | $105,600 |
| 54 | Carroll County | $44,500 | $1,041 | $105,500 |
| 55 | Lawrence County | $44,500 | $1,037 | $104,600 |
| 56 | Sunflower County | $44,500 | $1,044 | $103,400 |
| 57 | Newton County | $44,000 | $1,031 | $102,700 |
| 58 | Choctaw County | $43,500 | $1,015 | $104,500 |
| 59 | Leflore County | $43,500 | $1,018 | $98,200 |
| 60 | Chickasaw County | $43,000 | $1,009 | $100,400 |
| 61 | Washington County | $43,000 | $1,009 | $99,300 |
| 62 | Covington County | $42,500 | $990 | $98,500 |
| 63 | Neshoba County | $42,500 | $991 | $96,600 |
| 64 | Yalobusha County | $42,500 | $991 | $97,200 |
| 65 | Greene County | $41,500 | $967 | $94,200 |
| 66 | Franklin County | $41,000 | $960 | $95,100 |
| 67 | Humphreys County | $40,500 | $946 | $88,800 |
| 68 | Coahoma County | $40,000 | $937 | $86,400 |
| 69 | Scott County | $40,000 | $932 | $89,900 |
| 70 | Kemper County | $39,500 | $919 | $90,200 |
| 71 | Wayne County | $39,500 | $916 | $88,000 |
| 72 | Amite County | $39,000 | $908 | $89,800 |
| 73 | Issaquena County | $39,000 | $904 | $90,700 |
| 74 | Jefferson Davis County | $39,000 | $913 | $87,100 |
| 75 | Noxubee County | $39,000 | $911 | $85,200 |
| 76 | Calhoun County | $37,500 | $870 | $82,900 |
| 77 | Jefferson County | $37,500 | $880 | $81,400 |
| 78 | Tallahatchie County | $37,000 | $859 | $82,200 |
| 79 | Wilkinson County | $37,000 | $861 | $80,200 |
| 80 | Claiborne County | $36,500 | $847 | $80,800 |
| 81 | Holmes County | $36,000 | $835 | $76,500 |
| 82 | Quitman County | $34,000 | $788 | $68,600 |
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 Salary Needed to Buy a Home across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Mississippi