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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios in Mississippi

The counties where a home costs the most years of rent. A high ratio does not mean a place is overpriced. It can also mean rents are held down, or that buyers are paying for land, schools or a view that a renter cannot get at any price. It does mean the arithmetic of buying rests more on what the house is worth later and less on what it saves you each month. Median home value over twelve months of median gross rent, both Census five-year estimates.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Mississippi ranked

#County Price-to-rentMedian homeMedian rent
1 Issaquena County 29.9 yrs$90,700$253
2 Madison County 21.7 yrs$286,300$1,097
3 Oktibbeha County 21.0 yrs$219,500$873
4 Lafayette County 19.9 yrs$260,500$1,091
5 Hancock County 17.2 yrs$206,600$999
6 Lamar County 17.2 yrs$218,700$1,061
7 Lee County 16.8 yrs$187,800$929
8 Pearl River County 16.4 yrs$174,500$887
9 Stone County 16.2 yrs$163,300$839
10 Perry County 16.2 yrs$126,000$650
11 George County 16.1 yrs$168,100$868
12 Tate County 16.1 yrs$173,000$897
13 Kemper County 16.0 yrs$90,200$470
14 Tishomingo County 15.7 yrs$132,500$703
15 Prentiss County 15.7 yrs$116,500$620
16 Marshall County 15.5 yrs$172,200$926
17 Harrison County 15.5 yrs$199,300$1,074
18 DeSoto County 15.5 yrs$248,700$1,341
19 Winston County 15.4 yrs$121,200$654
20 Rankin County 15.4 yrs$223,400$1,210
21 Bolivar County 15.4 yrs$123,600$671
22 Jefferson County 15.3 yrs$81,400$444
23 Alcorn County 15.1 yrs$132,300$728
24 Tippah County 14.9 yrs$128,400$720
25 Webster County 14.8 yrs$109,500$618
26 Union County 14.6 yrs$159,100$910
27 Lincoln County 14.6 yrs$131,800$754
28 Sharkey County 14.5 yrs$108,000$622
29 Lowndes County 14.4 yrs$157,400$909
30 Smith County 14.3 yrs$114,000$664
31 Carroll County 14.2 yrs$105,500$621
32 Walthall County 14.0 yrs$120,600$718
33 Jackson County 13.9 yrs$181,700$1,087
34 Marion County 13.9 yrs$117,000$700
35 Pontotoc County 13.9 yrs$141,700$848
36 Tunica County 13.7 yrs$154,500$938
37 Warren County 13.5 yrs$144,400$889
38 Montgomery County 13.5 yrs$110,700$682
39 Clay County 13.4 yrs$115,600$718
40 Yazoo County 13.4 yrs$129,200$804
41 Monroe County 13.3 yrs$115,200$721
42 Forrest County 13.3 yrs$152,900$960
43 Choctaw County 13.2 yrs$104,500$661
44 Jones County 13.0 yrs$126,800$810
45 Copiah County 12.9 yrs$105,600$682
46 Sunflower County 12.9 yrs$103,400$670
47 Covington County 12.8 yrs$98,500$639
48 Leake County 12.6 yrs$114,600$757
49 Grenada County 12.5 yrs$123,400$823
50 Benton County 12.5 yrs$109,300$729
51 Adams County 12.3 yrs$106,300$720
52 Itawamba County 12.3 yrs$122,400$832
53 Jasper County 12.2 yrs$118,600$809
54 Hinds County 12.2 yrs$151,200$1,032
55 Noxubee County 12.0 yrs$85,200$590
56 Chickasaw County 11.9 yrs$100,400$702
57 Clarke County 11.9 yrs$114,300$803
58 Newton County 11.9 yrs$102,700$722
59 Panola County 11.8 yrs$121,500$859
60 Leflore County 11.7 yrs$98,200$701
61 Attala County 11.6 yrs$107,600$774
62 Lauderdale County 11.6 yrs$124,500$897
63 Humphreys County 11.5 yrs$88,800$643
64 Simpson County 11.4 yrs$111,600$819
65 Franklin County 11.2 yrs$95,100$706
66 Amite County 10.9 yrs$89,800$689
67 Holmes County 10.8 yrs$76,500$589
68 Neshoba County 10.6 yrs$96,600$759
69 Washington County 10.5 yrs$99,300$786
70 Pike County 10.5 yrs$110,500$879
71 Jefferson Davis County 10.4 yrs$87,100$695
72 Lawrence County 10.4 yrs$104,600$835
73 Claiborne County 10.3 yrs$80,800$651
74 Calhoun County 10.2 yrs$82,900$674
75 Coahoma County 10.0 yrs$86,400$719
76 Yalobusha County 10.0 yrs$97,200$810
77 Wilkinson County 9.9 yrs$80,200$674
78 Tallahatchie County 9.9 yrs$82,200$695
79 Greene County 9.7 yrs$94,200$811
80 Wayne County 9.3 yrs$88,000$786
81 Quitman County 8.8 yrs$68,600$650
82 Scott County 8.4 yrs$89,900$888

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.

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