Ranked for Affordable Living
Best Places to Live in Mississippi for Affordable Living
Low cost of living, rent, home prices, and total tax burden Ranked by how well each place fits the Affordable Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 15 places
- #1GulfportPopulation 72,524 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #2GreenvillePopulation 29,495 · solid overall livability43% match
- #3PearlPopulation 27,255 · mixed overall livability34% match
- #4Horn LakePopulation 26,652 · mixed overall livability34% match
- #5BiloxiPopulation 49,141 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #6JacksonPopulation 153,271 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #7SouthavenPopulation 54,908 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #8HattiesburgPopulation 48,466 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #9Olive BranchPopulation 45,938 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #10MeridianPopulation 34,990 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #11ClintonPopulation 27,668 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #12OxfordPopulation 25,713 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #13BrandonPopulation 25,142 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #14TupeloPopulation 37,939 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #15MadisonPopulation 27,595 · mixed overall livability11% match
Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.
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