Mississippi: RPP components
BEA 2024 regional context; each category is compared with its own U.S. = 100 benchmark. These are not county price estimates or spending shares.
Black marker: U.S. benchmark = 100 in each row.
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Mississippi cost of living
Mississippi has an all-items price parity of 87.0 on the U.S. = 100 scale. Compare the statewide picture with county rents and metro price levels.
BEA 2024 · HUD FY2027 · ACS 2020–2024 · CPI through 2026-10
87.0
All-items price level
BEA 2024; U.S. = 100
$56,447
Median household income
ACS 2020–2024
$169,800
Median home value
Owner-occupied homes, ACS 2020–2024
$1,087
Typical 2BR benchmark
Population-weighted county FMR, FY2027
Read the local picture
Regional Price Parities (RPPs) compare prices across places in the same year. An index of 110 means prices are 10% above the U.S. level; 90 means 10% below. RPP measures relative price levels, while CPI measures price change over time.
Put the benchmark in context
Fair Market Rent (FMR) is HUD’s estimate of the 40th percentile gross rent for standard-quality rental homes occupied by recent movers. It includes rent and most tenant-paid utilities. A household’s actual rent can differ substantially by neighborhood, lease and property.
Monthly rent by bedroom
HUD FY2027 gross monthly FMR; includes most tenant-paid utilities. Dollars per month.
Income after benchmark rent is $43,400 a year: ACS median household income minus 12 months of the population-weighted 2BR FMR. This is a comparison between separate datasets and periods, before taxes and all other expenses; it is not disposable income.
The data in view
Price levels relative to the U.S.
BEA RPP, U.S. = 100 each year. This is not an inflation index.
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| Period or category | Value |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 88.1 |
| 2009 | 85.6 |
| 2010 | 88.3 |
| 2011 | 88.9 |
| 2012 | 88.6 |
| 2013 | 88.9 |
| 2014 | 89.0 |
| 2015 | 88.3 |
| 2016 | 88.5 |
| 2017 | 87.7 |
| 2018 | 86.2 |
| 2019 | 86.5 |
| 2020 | 85.6 |
| 2021 | 86.2 |
| 2022 | 87.3 |
| 2023 | 86.8 |
| 2024 | 87.0 |
Price levels by category
Each category has its own U.S. benchmark of 100. Components are indexes, not spending shares.
| Category | 2024 RPP |
|---|---|
| All items | 87.0 |
| Goods | 96.2 |
| Housing rents | 56.5 |
| Utilities | 78.4 |
| Other services | 96.1 |
Monthly Fair Market Rent by bedroom
HUD 40th percentile gross rent for standard-quality units; includes tenant-paid utilities except telephone, cable and internet. These are benchmarks, not asking-rent medians.
| Home size | FY2027 monthly gross rent |
|---|---|
| Studio | $883 |
| 1 bedroom | $928 |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,087 |
| 3 bedrooms | $1,371 |
| 4 bedrooms | $1,518 |
County cost comparison
Income: ACS 2020–2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. Rent / income = 12 × 2BR FMR ÷ median household income; it does not measure actual renter burden.
| County or equivalent | 2BR rent / month | Median household income | Rent / income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | $905 | $43,644 | 24.9% |
| Alcorn County | $905 | $51,260 | 21.2% |
| Amite County | $905 | $37,222 | 29.2% |
| Attala County | $905 | $51,639 | 21.0% |
| Benton County | $905 | $46,016 | 23.6% |
| Bolivar County | $905 | $39,585 | 27.4% |
| Calhoun County | $905 | $43,125 | 25.2% |
| Carroll County | $905 | $59,327 | 18.3% |
| Chickasaw County | $905 | $43,586 | 24.9% |
| Choctaw County | $905 | $50,919 | 21.3% |
| Claiborne County | $905 | $31,897 | 34.0% |
| Clarke County | $905 | $46,108 | 23.6% |
| Clay County | $905 | $43,125 | 25.2% |
| Coahoma County | $905 | $37,461 | 29.0% |
| Copiah County | $1,289 | $49,089 | 31.5% |
| Covington County | $905 | $45,051 | 24.1% |
| DeSoto County | $1,301 | $85,297 | 18.3% |
| Forrest County | $1,316 | $53,640 | 29.4% |
| Franklin County | $905 | $52,939 | 20.5% |
| George County | $994 | $59,758 | 20.0% |
| Greene County | $905 | $54,276 | 20.0% |
| Grenada County | $967 | $48,804 | 23.8% |
| Hancock County | $1,185 | $67,708 | 21.0% |
| Harrison County | $1,185 | $59,479 | 23.9% |
| Hinds County | $1,289 | $49,402 | 31.3% |
| Holmes County | $905 | $32,538 | 33.4% |
| Humphreys County | $905 | $33,731 | 32.2% |
| Issaquena County | $905 | $31,429 | 34.6% |
| Itawamba County | $920 | $55,546 | 19.9% |
| Jackson County | $1,099 | $66,201 | 19.9% |
| Jasper County | $905 | $48,660 | 22.3% |
| Jefferson County | $905 | $38,305 | 28.4% |
| Jefferson Davis County | $905 | $38,548 | 28.2% |
| Jones County | $986 | $52,216 | 22.7% |
| Kemper County | $905 | $46,431 | 23.4% |
| Lafayette County | $1,255 | $67,185 | 22.4% |
| Lamar County | $1,316 | $70,909 | 22.3% |
| Lauderdale County | $1,006 | $50,817 | 23.8% |
| Lawrence County | $905 | $43,531 | 24.9% |
| Leake County | $1,003 | $50,728 | 23.7% |
| Lee County | $1,044 | $67,863 | 18.5% |
| Leflore County | $905 | $35,277 | 30.8% |
| Lincoln County | $905 | $51,119 | 21.2% |
| Lowndes County | $931 | $53,812 | 20.8% |
| Madison County | $1,289 | $83,441 | 18.5% |
| Marion County | $949 | $45,110 | 25.2% |
| Marshall County | $1,106 | $53,458 | 24.8% |
| Monroe County | $905 | $51,866 | 20.9% |
| Montgomery County | $905 | $41,748 | 26.0% |
| Neshoba County | $905 | $57,013 | 19.0% |
| Newton County | $905 | $50,540 | 21.5% |
| Noxubee County | $905 | $33,833 | 32.1% |
| Oktibbeha County | $1,024 | $46,695 | 26.3% |
| Panola County | $947 | $45,945 | 24.7% |
| Pearl River County | $967 | $58,135 | 20.0% |
| Perry County | $1,316 | $49,634 | 31.8% |
| Pike County | $1,039 | $43,814 | 28.5% |
| Pontotoc County | $923 | $51,484 | 21.5% |
| Prentiss County | $905 | $49,724 | 21.8% |
| Quitman County | $905 | $32,412 | 33.5% |
| Rankin County | $1,289 | $79,357 | 19.5% |
| Scott County | $1,026 | $48,786 | 25.2% |
| Sharkey County | $905 | $40,000 | 27.1% |
| Simpson County | $905 | $56,381 | 19.3% |
| Smith County | $905 | $60,916 | 17.8% |
| Stone County | $1,047 | $61,413 | 20.5% |
| Sunflower County | $905 | $39,956 | 27.2% |
| Tallahatchie County | $905 | $37,466 | 29.0% |
| Tate County | $1,101 | $69,704 | 19.0% |
| Tippah County | $905 | $52,542 | 20.7% |
| Tishomingo County | $905 | $53,040 | 20.5% |
| Tunica County | $1,156 | $39,364 | 35.2% |
| Union County | $905 | $55,505 | 19.6% |
| Walthall County | $926 | $48,905 | 22.7% |
| Warren County | $1,019 | $59,401 | 20.6% |
| Washington County | $905 | $42,165 | 25.8% |
| Wayne County | $905 | $37,619 | 28.9% |
| Webster County | $905 | $58,789 | 18.5% |
| Wilkinson County | $905 | $35,311 | 30.8% |
| Winston County | $905 | $53,031 | 20.5% |
| Yalobusha County | $905 | $49,151 | 22.1% |
| Yazoo County | $1,016 | $39,295 | 31.0% |
Metros with member counties in Mississippi
BEA 2024, U.S. = 100. Rent is a population-weighted mean of member-county benchmarks where available.
| Metro area | All-items RPP | Housing RPP | 2BR rent / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 90.0 | 67.9 | $1,149 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 87.6 | 60.1 | $1,316 |
| Jackson, MS | 89.0 | 64.8 | $1,240 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 92.2 | 79.8 | $1,289 |