Mississippi Cost of Living by County
Compare annual cost of living, median household income, affordability, and major expense drivers across Mississippi counties. These estimates are based on a single adult household with no children. Cost rank for each county in Mississippi are rated from highest modeled total costs to lowest.
Counties tracked:
82Across MississippiMedian Household Income:
$61,710In MississippiMedian Annual Cost:
$46,279Across MississippiMost Expensive County:
DeSoto County, MS $58,196Most Affordable County:
Sunflower County, MS$41,813State National Rank
#22Most affordable state across the U.S.Out of 50 states plus D.C.Adams County, MS
Cost Rank: 60 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,105
Median Household Income:
$51,653
Cost / Income ratio :
87.3%
Biggest category: Transport$12,281
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Alcorn County, MS
Cost Rank: 48 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,843
Median Household Income:
$65,648
Cost / Income ratio :
69.8%
Biggest category: Transport$13,442
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Amite County, MS
Cost Rank: 55 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,612
Median Household Income:
$47,893
Cost / Income ratio :
95.2%
Biggest category: Transport$14,183
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Attala County, MS
Cost Rank: 71 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,195
Median Household Income:
$60,222
Cost / Income ratio :
73.4%
Biggest category: Transport$13,788
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Benton County, MS
Cost Rank: 20 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,502
Median Household Income:
$52,556
Cost / Income ratio :
90.4%
Biggest category: Transport$14,278
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Bolivar County, MS
Cost Rank: 79 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$42,849
Median Household Income:
$47,755
Cost / Income ratio :
89.7%
Biggest category: Transport$12,095
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MS
Calhoun County, MS
Cost Rank: 64 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,918
Median Household Income:
$62,406
Cost / Income ratio :
72.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,000
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Carroll County, MS
Cost Rank: 49 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,751
Median Household Income:
$73,268
Cost / Income ratio :
62.4%
Biggest category: Transport$14,415
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Chickasaw County, MS
Cost Rank: 59 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,170
Median Household Income:
$52,123
Cost / Income ratio :
86.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,159
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Choctaw County, MS
Cost Rank: 40 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,341
Median Household Income:
$59,176
Cost / Income ratio :
78.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,420
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Claiborne County, MS
Cost Rank: 42 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,261
Median Household Income:
$37,489
Cost / Income ratio :
123.4%
Biggest category: Transport$13,521
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Clarke County, MS
Cost Rank: 11 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$48,760
Median Household Income:
$56,147
Cost / Income ratio :
86.8%
Biggest category: Transport$14,820
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Clay County, MS
Cost Rank: 50 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,714
Median Household Income:
$54,203
Cost / Income ratio :
84.3%
Biggest category: Transport$12,958
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Coahoma County, MS
Cost Rank: 74 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$43,931
Median Household Income:
$43,539
Cost / Income ratio :
100.9%
Biggest category: Transport$11,546
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Copiah County, MS
Cost Rank: 61 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,966
Median Household Income:
$61,027
Cost / Income ratio :
73.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,465
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Covington County, MS
Cost Rank: 62 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,948
Median Household Income:
$61,280
Cost / Income ratio :
73.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,662
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
DeSoto County, MS
Cost Rank: 1 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$58,196
Median Household Income:
$94,387
Cost / Income ratio :
61.7%
Biggest category: Housing$15,283
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Forrest County, MS
Cost Rank: 43 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,217
Median Household Income:
$67,562
Cost / Income ratio :
68.4%
Biggest category: Transport$12,361
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Franklin County, MS
Cost Rank: 21 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,426
Median Household Income:
$51,511
Cost / Income ratio :
92.1%
Biggest category: Transport$14,285
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
George County, MS
Cost Rank: 25 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,017
Median Household Income:
$67,442
Cost / Income ratio :
69.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,473
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Greene County, MS
Cost Rank: 44 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,061
Median Household Income:
$71,023
Cost / Income ratio :
64.9%
Biggest category: Transport$13,993
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Grenada County, MS
Cost Rank: 68 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,592
Median Household Income:
$61,654
Cost / Income ratio :
72.3%
Biggest category: Transport$13,257
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Hancock County, MS
Cost Rank: 72 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,195
Median Household Income:
$85,463
Cost / Income ratio :
51.7%
Biggest category: Transport$12,896
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Harrison County, MS
Cost Rank: 73 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,076
Median Household Income:
$71,177
Cost / Income ratio :
61.9%
Biggest category: Transport$12,141
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Hinds County, MS
Cost Rank: 6 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$50,048
Median Household Income:
$64,496
Cost / Income ratio :
77.6%
Biggest category: Transport$12,238
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Holmes County, MS
Cost Rank: 45 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,010
Median Household Income:
$41,586
Cost / Income ratio :
110.6%
Biggest category: Transport$12,888
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Humphreys County, MS
Cost Rank: 46 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,933
Median Household Income:
$41,370
Cost / Income ratio :
111.0%
Biggest category: Transport$13,070
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Issaquena County, MS
Cost Rank: 76 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$43,594
Median Household Income:
$62,546
Cost / Income ratio :
69.7%
Biggest category: Transport$11,741
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Itawamba County, MS
Cost Rank: 35 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,549
Median Household Income:
$81,711
Cost / Income ratio :
57.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,548
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Jackson County, MS
Cost Rank: 9 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$49,018
Median Household Income:
$84,872
Cost / Income ratio :
57.8%
Biggest category: Transport$13,289
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Jasper County, MS
Cost Rank: 19 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,532
Median Household Income:
$61,765
Cost / Income ratio :
77.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,811
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Jefferson County, MS
Cost Rank: 70 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,256
Median Household Income:
$45,323
Cost / Income ratio :
97.6%
Biggest category: Transport$13,214
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Jefferson Davis County, MS
Cost Rank: 34 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,611
Median Household Income:
$54,233
Cost / Income ratio :
85.9%
Biggest category: Transport$14,253
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Jones County, MS
Cost Rank: 47 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,864
Median Household Income:
$67,951
Cost / Income ratio :
67.5%
Biggest category: Transport$13,883
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Kemper County, MS
Cost Rank: 41 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,296
Median Household Income:
$48,598
Cost / Income ratio :
95.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,122
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Lafayette County, MS
Cost Rank: 3 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$54,127
Median Household Income:
$85,145
Cost / Income ratio :
63.6%
Biggest category: Transport$13,622
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Lamar County, MS
Cost Rank: 5 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$50,088
Median Household Income:
$83,402
Cost / Income ratio :
60.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,858
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Lauderdale County, MS
Cost Rank: 31 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,633
Median Household Income:
$66,425
Cost / Income ratio :
70.2%
Biggest category: Transport$12,810
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Lawrence County, MS
Cost Rank: 53 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,687
Median Household Income:
$55,778
Cost / Income ratio :
81.9%
Biggest category: Transport$14,265
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Leake County, MS
Cost Rank: 39 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,349
Median Household Income:
$59,343
Cost / Income ratio :
78.1%
Biggest category: Transport$14,246
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Lee County, MS
Cost Rank: 10 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$48,979
Median Household Income:
$85,462
Cost / Income ratio :
57.3%
Biggest category: Transport$13,339
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Leflore County, MS
Cost Rank: 81 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$42,066
Median Household Income:
$42,887
Cost / Income ratio :
98.1%
Biggest category: Transport$11,642
Cheaper Alternatives:
Lincoln County, MS
Cost Rank: 57 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,228
Median Household Income:
$70,155
Cost / Income ratio :
64.5%
Biggest category: Transport$14,062
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Lowndes County, MS
Cost Rank: 33 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,627
Median Household Income:
$73,726
Cost / Income ratio :
63.2%
Biggest category: Transport$13,041
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Madison County, MS
Cost Rank: 4 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$53,371
Median Household Income:
$102,157
Cost / Income ratio :
52.2%
Biggest category: Transport$13,687
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Marion County, MS
Cost Rank: 66 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,760
Median Household Income:
$52,132
Cost / Income ratio :
85.9%
Biggest category: Transport$13,851
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Marshall County, MS
Cost Rank: 15 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$48,137
Median Household Income:
$63,882
Cost / Income ratio :
75.4%
Biggest category: Transport$13,981
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Monroe County, MS
Cost Rank: 37 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,408
Median Household Income:
$67,209
Cost / Income ratio :
69.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,519
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Montgomery County, MS
Cost Rank: 38 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,352
Median Household Income:
$52,307
Cost / Income ratio :
88.6%
Biggest category: Transport$13,496
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Neshoba County, MS
Cost Rank: 24 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,120
Median Household Income:
$59,215
Cost / Income ratio :
79.6%
Biggest category: Transport$14,161
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Newton County, MS
Cost Rank: 65 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,876
Median Household Income:
$65,074
Cost / Income ratio :
69.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,150
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Noxubee County, MS
Cost Rank: 27 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,896
Median Household Income:
$45,205
Cost / Income ratio :
103.7%
Biggest category: Transport$13,848
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Oktibbeha County, MS
Cost Rank: 54 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,666
Median Household Income:
$75,670
Cost / Income ratio :
60.3%
Biggest category: Transport$12,245
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Panola County, MS
Cost Rank: 75 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$43,791
Median Household Income:
$62,542
Cost / Income ratio :
70.0%
Biggest category: Transport$13,618
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Pearl River County, MS
Cost Rank: 8 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$49,243
Median Household Income:
$72,490
Cost / Income ratio :
67.9%
Biggest category: Transport$13,771
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Perry County, MS
Cost Rank: 77 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$43,575
Median Household Income:
$52,454
Cost / Income ratio :
83.1%
Biggest category: Transport$14,583
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Pike County, MS
Cost Rank: 12 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$48,449
Median Household Income:
$49,545
Cost / Income ratio :
97.8%
Biggest category: Transport$13,016
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Pontotoc County, MS
Cost Rank: 58 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,219
Median Household Income:
$71,232
Cost / Income ratio :
63.5%
Biggest category: Transport$14,617
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Prentiss County, MS
Cost Rank: 67 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,661
Median Household Income:
$65,485
Cost / Income ratio :
68.2%
Biggest category: Transport$13,958
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Quitman County, MS
Cost Rank: 78 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$42,999
Median Household Income:
$48,095
Cost / Income ratio :
89.4%
Biggest category: Transport$12,480
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Rankin County, MS
Cost Rank: 2 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$56,231
Median Household Income:
$95,693
Cost / Income ratio :
58.8%
Biggest category: Housing$14,293
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Scott County, MS
Cost Rank: 32 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,631
Median Household Income:
$57,013
Cost / Income ratio :
81.8%
Biggest category: Transport$14,444
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Sharkey County, MS
Cost Rank: 63 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,931
Median Household Income:
$55,313
Cost / Income ratio :
81.2%
Biggest category: Transport$12,898
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Simpson County, MS
Cost Rank: 69 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$44,480
Median Household Income:
$65,097
Cost / Income ratio :
68.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,561
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Smith County, MS
Cost Rank: 14 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$48,225
Median Household Income:
$68,577
Cost / Income ratio :
70.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,932
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Stone County, MS
Cost Rank: 36 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,501
Median Household Income:
$75,761
Cost / Income ratio :
61.4%
Biggest category: Transport$14,924
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Sunflower County, MS
Cost Rank: 82 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$41,813
Median Household Income:
$48,755
Cost / Income ratio :
85.8%
Biggest category: Transport$12,611
Cheaper Alternatives:
Tallahatchie County, MS
Cost Rank: 30 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,658
Median Household Income:
$49,346
Cost / Income ratio :
94.6%
Biggest category: Transport$13,601
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Tate County, MS
Cost Rank: 18 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,537
Median Household Income:
$71,642
Cost / Income ratio :
66.4%
Biggest category: Transport$14,094
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Tippah County, MS
Cost Rank: 29 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,715
Median Household Income:
$59,066
Cost / Income ratio :
79.1%
Biggest category: Transport$14,267
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Tishomingo County, MS
Cost Rank: 28 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,889
Median Household Income:
$71,769
Cost / Income ratio :
65.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,062
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Tunica County, MS
Cost Rank: 7 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$49,462
Median Household Income:
$53,154
Cost / Income ratio :
93.1%
Biggest category: Transport$12,806
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Union County, MS
Cost Rank: 13 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$48,227
Median Household Income:
$72,980
Cost / Income ratio :
66.1%
Biggest category: Transport$14,731
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Walthall County, MS
Cost Rank: 17 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,895
Median Household Income:
$64,304
Cost / Income ratio :
74.5%
Biggest category: Transport$14,496
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Warren County, MS
Cost Rank: 23 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,264
Median Household Income:
$77,377
Cost / Income ratio :
61.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,238
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Washington County, MS
Cost Rank: 80 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$42,097
Median Household Income:
$50,574
Cost / Income ratio :
83.2%
Biggest category: Transport$11,730
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MS
Wayne County, MS
Cost Rank: 22 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,347
Median Household Income:
$58,507
Cost / Income ratio :
80.9%
Biggest category: Transport$14,671
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Webster County, MS
Cost Rank: 16 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$47,924
Median Household Income:
$73,271
Cost / Income ratio :
65.4%
Biggest category: Transport$14,621
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Wilkinson County, MS
Cost Rank: 51 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,701
Median Household Income:
$49,091
Cost / Income ratio :
93.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,311
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Winston County, MS
Cost Rank: 26 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$46,964
Median Household Income:
$57,757
Cost / Income ratio :
81.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,043
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Yalobusha County, MS
Cost Rank: 52 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,697
Median Household Income:
$61,944
Cost / Income ratio :
73.8%
Biggest category: Transport$13,916
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
Yazoo County, MS
Cost Rank: 56 / 82Modeled annual cost:
$45,385
Median Household Income:
$54,480
Cost / Income ratio :
83.3%
Biggest category: Transport$13,219
Cheaper Alternatives: Sunflower County, MSLeflore County, MS
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