Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Salary Needed to Buy a Home in Mississippi
The counties where an ordinary income still buys the median home outright by the 28% rule, with the whole monthly bill counted: tax, insurance, utilities and maintenance included, not just the loan payment.
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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 | Quitman County | $34,000 | $794 | $68,600 |
| 2 | Holmes County | $36,000 | $843 | $76,500 |
| 3 | Claiborne County | $36,500 | $855 | $80,800 |
| 4 | Tallahatchie County | $37,000 | $867 | $82,200 |
| 5 | Wilkinson County | $37,000 | $869 | $80,200 |
| 6 | Calhoun County | $37,500 | $878 | $82,900 |
| 7 | Jefferson County | $38,000 | $888 | $81,400 |
| 8 | Issaquena County | $39,000 | $913 | $90,700 |
| 9 | Amite County | $39,500 | $917 | $89,800 |
| 10 | Jefferson Davis County | $39,500 | $922 | $87,100 |
| 11 | Noxubee County | $39,500 | $919 | $85,200 |
| 12 | Wayne County | $39,500 | $925 | $88,000 |
| 13 | Kemper County | $40,000 | $928 | $90,200 |
| 14 | Coahoma County | $40,500 | $945 | $86,400 |
| 15 | Scott County | $40,500 | $941 | $89,900 |
| 16 | Humphreys County | $41,000 | $955 | $88,800 |
| 17 | Franklin County | $41,500 | $970 | $95,100 |
| 18 | Greene County | $42,000 | $976 | $94,200 |
| 19 | Covington County | $43,000 | $1,000 | $98,500 |
| 20 | Neshoba County | $43,000 | $1,001 | $96,600 |
| 21 | Yalobusha County | $43,000 | $1,000 | $97,200 |
| 22 | Chickasaw County | $43,500 | $1,019 | $100,400 |
| 23 | Washington County | $43,500 | $1,019 | $99,300 |
| 24 | Choctaw County | $44,000 | $1,026 | $104,500 |
| 25 | Leflore County | $44,000 | $1,027 | $98,200 |
| 26 | Newton County | $44,500 | $1,042 | $102,700 |
| 27 | Carroll County | $45,000 | $1,052 | $105,500 |
| 28 | Lawrence County | $45,000 | $1,048 | $104,600 |
| 29 | Sunflower County | $45,000 | $1,054 | $103,400 |
| 30 | Attala County | $45,500 | $1,065 | $107,600 |
| 31 | Copiah County | $45,500 | $1,064 | $105,600 |
| 32 | Adams County | $46,000 | $1,078 | $106,300 |
| 33 | Webster County | $46,000 | $1,075 | $109,500 |
| 34 | Benton County | $46,500 | $1,080 | $109,300 |
| 35 | Sharkey County | $47,000 | $1,095 | $108,000 |
| 36 | Simpson County | $47,000 | $1,093 | $111,600 |
| 37 | Smith County | $47,000 | $1,098 | $114,000 |
| 38 | Clarke County | $47,500 | $1,104 | $114,300 |
| 39 | Montgomery County | $47,500 | $1,114 | $110,700 |
| 40 | Leake County | $48,000 | $1,123 | $114,600 |
| 41 | Pike County | $48,000 | $1,115 | $110,500 |
| 42 | Clay County | $48,500 | $1,132 | $115,600 |
| 43 | Monroe County | $48,500 | $1,135 | $115,200 |
| 44 | Jasper County | $49,000 | $1,147 | $118,600 |
| 45 | Marion County | $49,000 | $1,149 | $117,000 |
| 46 | Prentiss County | $49,000 | $1,138 | $116,500 |
| 47 | Winston County | $50,000 | $1,172 | $121,200 |
| 48 | Itawamba County | $50,500 | $1,180 | $122,400 |
| 49 | Walthall County | $50,500 | $1,181 | $120,600 |
| 50 | Panola County | $51,000 | $1,186 | $121,500 |
| 51 | Bolivar County | $51,500 | $1,204 | $123,600 |
| 52 | Grenada County | $52,500 | $1,226 | $123,400 |
| 53 | Perry County | $52,500 | $1,220 | $126,000 |
| 54 | Jones County | $53,000 | $1,240 | $126,800 |
| 55 | Lauderdale County | $53,000 | $1,232 | $124,500 |
| 56 | Tippah County | $53,000 | $1,238 | $128,400 |
| 57 | Alcorn County | $53,500 | $1,252 | $132,300 |
| 58 | Tishomingo County | $53,500 | $1,247 | $132,500 |
| 59 | Lincoln County | $54,000 | $1,261 | $131,800 |
| 60 | Yazoo County | $54,000 | $1,260 | $129,200 |
| 61 | Pontotoc County | $57,000 | $1,332 | $141,700 |
| 62 | Warren County | $59,000 | $1,376 | $144,400 |
| 63 | Tunica County | $60,000 | $1,402 | $154,500 |
| 64 | Hinds County | $61,500 | $1,438 | $151,200 |
| 65 | Forrest County | $62,000 | $1,441 | $152,900 |
| 66 | Lowndes County | $62,000 | $1,451 | $157,400 |
| 67 | Union County | $62,500 | $1,455 | $159,100 |
| 68 | Stone County | $64,000 | $1,492 | $163,300 |
| 69 | George County | $65,500 | $1,534 | $168,100 |
| 70 | Marshall County | $67,500 | $1,580 | $172,200 |
| 71 | Pearl River County | $68,000 | $1,588 | $174,500 |
| 72 | Tate County | $68,000 | $1,590 | $173,000 |
| 73 | Jackson County | $71,000 | $1,652 | $181,700 |
| 74 | Lee County | $73,000 | $1,698 | $187,800 |
| 75 | Harrison County | $76,000 | $1,775 | $199,300 |
| 76 | Hancock County | $79,000 | $1,844 | $206,600 |
| 77 | Lamar County | $82,500 | $1,929 | $218,700 |
| 78 | Oktibbeha County | $83,500 | $1,954 | $219,500 |
| 79 | Rankin County | $84,000 | $1,957 | $223,400 |
| 80 | DeSoto County | $92,500 | $2,156 | $248,700 |
| 81 | Lafayette County | $96,500 | $2,247 | $260,500 |
| 82 | Madison County | $105,500 | $2,466 | $286,300 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.24%. 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
Lowest Salary Needed to Buy a Home across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Mississippi