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Vacant Homes in Mississippi
Vacancy rates for rentals and homes for sale, and why vacant homes are empty. American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
- Vacancy rate
- 14.6%
- U.S. 10.1%
- Rental vacancy rate
- 8.2%
- U.S. 5.5%
- Homeowner vacancy rate
- 0.8%
- U.S. 0.9%
- Vacant for seasonal use
- 14.4% of vacant
- U.S. 32.6% of vacant
Vacant homes by county
82 counties in Mississippi
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| County | Vacancy rate | Rental vacancy | Homeowner vacancy | Vacant homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 23.2% | 9.1% | 2.5% | 3,464 |
| Alcorn County | 11.2% | 4.1% | 0.2% | 1,827 |
| Amite County | 20.4% | 12.8% | 0.6% | 1,496 |
| Attala County | 20.6% | 8.7% | 1.3% | 1,715 |
| Benton County | 24.9% | 17.1% | 0.6% | 1,017 |
| Bolivar County | 12.9% | 4.3% | 0.8% | 1,758 |
| Calhoun County | 16.9% | 6.6% | 2.0% | 1,139 |
| Carroll County | 14.2% | 5.5% | 0.2% | 706 |
| Chickasaw County | 15.0% | 6.7% | 0.4% | 1,177 |
| Choctaw County | 20.8% | 13.1% | 0.4% | 911 |
| Claiborne County | 24.0% | 10.3% | 1.2% | 951 |
| Clarke County | 22.2% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 1,700 |
| Clay County | 13.8% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1,247 |
| Coahoma County | 17.5% | 9.8% | 0.8% | 1,785 |
| Copiah County | 19.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 2,415 |
| Covington County | 12.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1,074 |
| DeSoto County | 5.9% | 12.8% | 0.3% | 4,451 |
| Forrest County | 10.7% | 7.4% | 2.1% | 3,626 |
| Franklin County | 29.0% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 1,255 |
| George County | 10.3% | 5.7% | 0.4% | 1,071 |
| Greene County | 20.8% | 6.4% | 0.0% | 1,081 |
| Grenada County | 19.0% | 18.4% | 0.9% | 1,980 |
| Hancock County | 14.7% | 5.0% | 0.9% | 3,478 |
| Harrison County | 12.2% | 6.8% | 0.9% | 11,540 |
| Hinds County | 15.8% | 8.7% | 1.1% | 16,762 |
| Holmes County | 18.9% | 10.4% | 1.5% | 1,438 |
| Humphreys County | 17.4% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 609 |
| Issaquena County | 16.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 71 |
| Itawamba County | 8.7% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 920 |
| Jackson County | 9.3% | 10.8% | 1.4% | 5,911 |
| Jasper County | 18.3% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1,486 |
| Jefferson County | 26.4% | 16.0% | 0.6% | 896 |
| Jefferson Davis County | 21.9% | 3.8% | 0.6% | 1,249 |
| Jones County | 13.4% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 3,869 |
| Kemper County | 18.4% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 725 |
| Lafayette County | 33.7% | 31.6% | 1.9% | 9,670 |
| Lamar County | 8.3% | 6.3% | 0.6% | 2,304 |
| Lauderdale County | 14.4% | 6.8% | 1.0% | 4,844 |
| Lawrence County | 23.8% | 7.1% | 0.9% | 1,376 |
| Leake County | 18.3% | 4.1% | 0.2% | 1,664 |
| Lee County | 13.4% | 6.5% | 1.2% | 5,063 |
| Leflore County | 19.1% | 8.0% | 0.2% | 2,416 |
| Lincoln County | 17.6% | 9.3% | 0.3% | 2,808 |
| Lowndes County | 15.3% | 8.8% | 1.0% | 4,162 |
| Madison County | 7.4% | 5.7% | 0.1% | 3,523 |
| Marion County | 18.3% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 2,041 |
| Marshall County | 15.0% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 2,332 |
| Monroe County | 17.5% | 7.0% | 0.6% | 2,948 |
| Montgomery County | 24.1% | 23.0% | 1.7% | 1,317 |
| Neshoba County | 15.1% | 4.5% | 0.5% | 1,833 |
| Newton County | 15.8% | 11.2% | 0.2% | 1,447 |
| Noxubee County | 16.5% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 782 |
| Oktibbeha County | 14.7% | 6.3% | 0.3% | 3,778 |
| Panola County | 16.3% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2,405 |
| Pearl River County | 14.0% | 10.3% | 1.6% | 3,562 |
| Perry County | 15.5% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 851 |
| Pike County | 21.8% | 16.4% | 0.6% | 4,193 |
| Pontotoc County | 16.9% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 2,402 |
| Prentiss County | 13.2% | 3.8% | 0.2% | 1,455 |
| Quitman County | 12.7% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 383 |
| Rankin County | 6.6% | 5.8% | 0.7% | 4,282 |
| Scott County | 15.6% | 6.8% | 0.3% | 1,797 |
| Sharkey County | 13.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 228 |
| Simpson County | 18.4% | 5.8% | 0.0% | 2,151 |
| Smith County | 16.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,122 |
| Stone County | 12.6% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 965 |
| Sunflower County | 14.7% | 10.4% | 1.0% | 1,389 |
| Tallahatchie County | 21.8% | 5.4% | 4.6% | 1,199 |
| Tate County | 5.8% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 676 |
| Tippah County | 19.5% | 6.6% | 0.9% | 1,942 |
| Tishomingo County | 16.5% | 3.3% | 0.7% | 1,743 |
| Tunica County | 21.0% | 18.0% | 3.4% | 1,012 |
| Union County | 19.6% | 3.2% | 0.5% | 2,401 |
| Walthall County | 23.5% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1,627 |
| Warren County | 22.2% | 14.7% | 1.4% | 4,794 |
| Washington County | 18.0% | 5.6% | 0.3% | 3,754 |
| Wayne County | 16.0% | 11.5% | 1.7% | 1,462 |
| Webster County | 20.4% | 5.2% | 0.5% | 1,041 |
| Wilkinson County | 30.9% | 7.1% | 0.0% | 1,423 |
| Winston County | 13.2% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1,090 |
| Yalobusha County | 23.2% | 15.9% | 0.0% | 1,508 |
| Yazoo County | 16.4% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1,718 |
Vacant homes in the largest cities
Cities and towns with 5,000 or more people
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| City | Vacancy rate | Rental vacancy | Homeowner vacancy | Vacant homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 18.0% | 8.4% | 1.2% | 13,456 |
| Gulfport | 13.4% | 6.9% | 0.9% | 4,550 |
| Southaven | 7.8% | 17.9% | 0.0% | 1,795 |
| Biloxi | 13.5% | 7.7% | 0.7% | 3,119 |
| Hattiesburg | 11.3% | 7.3% | 1.9% | 2,641 |
| Olive Branch | 3.4% | 5.2% | 0.0% | 612 |
| Tupelo | 11.5% | 5.7% | 1.4% | 2,025 |
| Meridian | 17.6% | 7.4% | 1.9% | 3,118 |
| Greenville | 19.2% | 5.1% | 0.4% | 2,669 |
| Madison | 4.5% | 9.8% | 0.0% | 455 |
| Pearl | 6.7% | 4.5% | 0.9% | 810 |
| Clinton | 8.9% | 12.3% | 0.7% | 975 |
| Horn Lake | 8.3% | 11.1% | 1.2% | 915 |
| Oxford | 40.4% | 28.9% | 0.8% | 6,762 |
| Starkville | 16.7% | 6.5% | 0.6% | 2,403 |
| Brandon | 4.4% | 2.9% | 0.1% | 430 |
| Ridgeland | 8.1% | 4.9% | 0.3% | 946 |
| Columbus | 15.6% | 8.0% | 2.6% | 1,844 |
| Pascagoula | 15.3% | 18.2% | 2.7% | 1,575 |
| Vicksburg | 24.2% | 14.5% | 0.7% | 2,536 |
| Gautier | 9.3% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 760 |
| Ocean Springs | 8.0% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 711 |
| Hernando | 1.9% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 138 |
| Laurel | 14.5% | 5.4% | 2.2% | 1,130 |
| Long Beach | 10.3% | 7.3% | 2.9% | 802 |
| Corinth | 12.7% | 4.2% | 0.7% | 941 |
| Clarksdale | 17.1% | 10.6% | 1.0% | 1,209 |
| Natchez | 25.0% | 6.8% | 4.7% | 1,957 |
| Greenwood | 21.1% | 9.4% | 0.4% | 1,434 |
| D'Iberville | 6.6% | 6.1% | 0.8% | 355 |
| Byram | 8.1% | 16.4% | 1.2% | 457 |
| Grenada | 17.3% | 14.9% | 1.8% | 1,037 |
| McComb | 21.4% | 20.9% | 1.1% | 1,386 |
| Moss Point | 15.8% | 9.1% | 0.6% | 927 |
| Picayune | 18.5% | 9.4% | 7.0% | 1,030 |
| Brookhaven | 18.5% | 12.5% | 1.1% | 1,055 |
| Petal | 7.7% | 4.9% | 3.1% | 335 |
| Canton | 7.5% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 392 |
| Cleveland | 12.7% | 9.0% | 1.7% | 621 |
| Flowood | 5.0% | 5.3% | 1.4% | 245 |
| Yazoo City | 17.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 865 |
| Bay St. Louis | 20.7% | 10.7% | 0.5% | 1,330 |
| West Point | 12.5% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 594 |
| Diamondhead | 8.8% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 389 |
| Booneville | 13.3% | 7.6% | 0.6% | 511 |
| Indianola | 14.0% | 10.1% | 0.0% | 567 |
| Gulf Hills | 6.0% | 10.0% | 0.2% | 226 |
| Senatobia | 2.6% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 80 |
| St. Martin | 8.4% | 13.7% | 1.2% | 276 |
| New Albany | 21.2% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 769 |
| Batesville | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2.5% | 163 |
| Richland | 6.3% | 7.5% | 1.0% | 194 |
| Waveland | 15.6% | 3.5% | 0.0% | 595 |
| Philadelphia | 13.0% | 6.8% | 0.9% | 410 |
| Kosciusko | 15.0% | 7.6% | 1.5% | 433 |
| Latimer | 8.6% | 22.0% | 0.0% | 221 |
| West Hattiesburg | 12.4% | 7.9% | 0.0% | 325 |
| Holly Springs | 11.0% | 6.1% | 0.0% | 308 |
| Columbia | 19.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 573 |
| Amory | 18.5% | 5.1% | 1.4% | 608 |
| Gulf Park Estates | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 32 |
| Pass Christian | 26.8% | 0.0% | 4.0% | 909 |
| Louisville | 6.3% | 3.3% | 1.9% | 171 |
| Pontotoc | 11.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 262 |
| Ripley | 15.2% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 400 |
| Forest | 15.2% | 9.8% | 1.5% | 301 |
| University | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 0 |
| Vancleave | 10.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 222 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the vacancy rate in Mississippi?
- 14.6% of homes in Mississippi are vacant, and the rental vacancy rate is 8.2%.
- Which Mississippi counties have the highest vacancy rate?
- Among counties with 10,000 or more people, the highest are Lafayette County (33.7%), Lawrence County (23.8%), Walthall County (23.5%).
- Which Mississippi counties have the lowest vacancy rate?
- The lowest are Tate County (5.8%), DeSoto County (5.9%), Rankin County (6.6%).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey · 2020-2024 5-year estimates
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