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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Lowest Price-to-Rent Ratios in Mississippi

Price-to-rent is the median home value divided by a year of median gross rent, so a ratio of 12 means the house costs about twelve years of rent. Low ratios are where buying is cheapest against the local alternative. It is the one comparison on this site that assumes nothing about mortgage rates, down payment or how long you stay, which is why it travels well between counties. Both figures are Census five-year estimates for the same period, and rent here includes the utilities a tenant pays.

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Mississippi ranked

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

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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