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Ranked · Buying a home · Mississippi

Best cities for buying a home in Mississippi

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Greenville, MS28k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $103,800 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: -16.8%

  2. 2.Jackson, MS147k residents

    56/100

    median home price: $111,700 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +0.4%

  3. 3.Meridian, MS34k residents

    56/100

    median home price: $107,900 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +0.3%

  4. 4.Gulfport, MS73k residents

    50/100

    median home price: $174,600 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +0.7%

  5. 5.Hattiesburg, MS49k residents

    48/100

    median home price: $165,900 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +3.1%

  6. 6.Pearl, MS28k residents

    48/100

    median home price: $182,500 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +3.6%

  7. 7.Clinton, MS27k residents

    47/100

    median home price: $225,800 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +2.2%

  8. 8.Horn Lake, MS27k residents

    47/100

    median home price: $171,400 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +0.4%

  9. 9.Tupelo, MS38k residents

    45/100

    median home price: $212,800 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +5.4%

  10. 10.Southaven, MS56k residents

    44/100

    median home price: $236,300 · property tax rate: 0.75% · home price yoy: +1.8%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Mississippi?
Greenville, MS ranks first with a fit score of 71/100, followed by Jackson (56) and Meridian (56), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.