Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home Outright in Mississippi
The counties where a paid-off house still costs the most to keep. For retirees on a fixed income this figure matters more than the purchase price, because it never goes away and it rises with assessments.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Mississippi ranked
| # | County | Monthly if paid off | Median home | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County | $907 | $286,300 | 0.723% |
| 2 | Lafayette County | $829 | $260,500 | 0.642% |
| 3 | DeSoto County | $801 | $248,700 | 0.641% |
| 4 | Oktibbeha County | $758 | $219,500 | 0.768% |
| 5 | Rankin County | $740 | $223,400 | 0.620% |
| 6 | Lamar County | $738 | $218,700 | 0.667% |
| 7 | Hancock County | $719 | $206,600 | 0.719% |
| 8 | Harrison County | $690 | $199,300 | 0.647% |
| 9 | Lee County | $676 | $187,800 | 0.722% |
| 10 | Jackson County | $663 | $181,700 | 0.733% |
| 11 | Tate County | $648 | $173,000 | 0.768% |
| 12 | Marshall County | $643 | $172,200 | 0.747% |
| 13 | Pearl River County | $638 | $174,500 | 0.677% |
| 14 | George County | $619 | $168,100 | 0.646% |
| 15 | Hinds County | $615 | $151,200 | 0.919% |
| 16 | Forrest County | $609 | $152,900 | 0.840% |
| 17 | Stone County | $603 | $163,300 | 0.607% |
| 18 | Lowndes County | $594 | $157,400 | 0.640% |
| 19 | Warren County | $590 | $144,400 | 0.855% |
| 20 | Union County | $589 | $159,100 | 0.576% |
| 21 | Tunica County | $561 | $154,500 | 0.439% |
| 22 | Pontotoc County | $560 | $141,700 | 0.660% |
| 23 | Yazoo County | $557 | $129,200 | 0.890% |
| 24 | Grenada County | $555 | $123,400 | 1.011% |
| 25 | Lauderdale County | $554 | $124,500 | 0.982% |
| 26 | Jones County | $550 | $126,800 | 0.880% |
| 27 | Lincoln County | $544 | $131,800 | 0.717% |
| 28 | Tippah County | $540 | $128,400 | 0.750% |
| 29 | Perry County | $534 | $126,000 | 0.752% |
| 30 | Alcorn County | $532 | $132,300 | 0.596% |
| 31 | Bolivar County | $531 | $123,600 | 0.778% |
| 32 | Tishomingo County | $526 | $132,500 | 0.538% |
| 33 | Panola County | $525 | $121,500 | 0.770% |
| 34 | Walthall County | $525 | $120,600 | 0.784% |
| 35 | Itawamba County | $514 | $122,400 | 0.636% |
| 36 | Pike County | $514 | $110,500 | 0.929% |
| 37 | Winston County | $512 | $121,200 | 0.648% |
| 38 | Marion County | $512 | $117,000 | 0.744% |
| 39 | Montgomery County | $511 | $110,700 | 0.896% |
| 40 | Monroe County | $508 | $115,200 | 0.746% |
| 41 | Sharkey County | $508 | $108,000 | 0.933% |
| 42 | Prentiss County | $505 | $116,500 | 0.678% |
| 43 | Clay County | $504 | $115,600 | 0.689% |
| 44 | Jasper County | $502 | $118,600 | 0.599% |
| 45 | Leake County | $500 | $114,600 | 0.676% |
| 46 | Adams County | $499 | $106,300 | 0.885% |
| 47 | Leflore County | $493 | $98,200 | 1.056% |
| 48 | Sunflower County | $492 | $103,400 | 0.879% |
| 49 | Copiah County | $489 | $105,600 | 0.789% |
| 50 | Simpson County | $486 | $111,600 | 0.601% |
| 51 | Benton County | $486 | $109,300 | 0.655% |
| 52 | Newton County | $483 | $102,700 | 0.799% |
| 53 | Clarke County | $482 | $114,300 | 0.499% |
| 54 | Attala County | $479 | $107,600 | 0.627% |
| 55 | Lawrence County | $479 | $104,600 | 0.700% |
| 56 | Webster County | $479 | $109,500 | 0.574% |
| 57 | Washington County | $479 | $99,300 | 0.843% |
| 58 | Carroll County | $478 | $105,500 | 0.665% |
| 59 | Smith County | $478 | $114,000 | 0.457% |
| 60 | Coahoma County | $476 | $86,400 | 1.240% |
| 61 | Neshoba County | $475 | $96,600 | 0.886% |
| 62 | Chickasaw County | $473 | $100,400 | 0.743% |
| 63 | Humphreys County | $472 | $88,800 | 1.104% |
| 64 | Yalobusha County | $472 | $97,200 | 0.823% |
| 65 | Covington County | $464 | $98,500 | 0.693% |
| 66 | Greene County | $464 | $94,200 | 0.814% |
| 67 | Choctaw County | $457 | $104,500 | 0.452% |
| 68 | Noxubee County | $456 | $85,200 | 1.011% |
| 69 | Franklin County | $453 | $95,100 | 0.645% |
| 70 | Scott County | $452 | $89,900 | 0.799% |
| 71 | Jefferson Davis County | $448 | $87,100 | 0.836% |
| 72 | Wayne County | $446 | $88,000 | 0.780% |
| 73 | Jefferson County | $446 | $81,400 | 1.002% |
| 74 | Kemper County | $438 | $90,200 | 0.598% |
| 75 | Wilkinson County | $433 | $80,200 | 0.862% |
| 76 | Amite County | $428 | $89,800 | 0.484% |
| 77 | Calhoun County | $427 | $82,900 | 0.683% |
| 78 | Holmes County | $427 | $76,500 | 0.908% |
| 79 | Quitman County | $421 | $68,600 | 1.155% |
| 80 | Tallahatchie County | $420 | $82,200 | 0.602% |
| 81 | Issaquena County | $420 | $90,700 | 0.346% |
| 82 | Claiborne County | $416 | $80,800 | 0.582% |
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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Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home Outright across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Mississippi