MS cost guide
Mississippi is a low-housing-cost Deep South comparison state where Jackson healthcare jobs, Gulf Coast insurance questions, Memphis-adjacent suburbs, college towns, utilities, taxes, rural access, and benefits shape affordability.
State Navigator
These shortcuts turn the starter city import into a practical browsing path: lower-cost starts, higher-pressure markets, and cities that look easier to compare for a move.
Cities below the current state starter average of $1,015 rent.
Higher salary-needed markets where households should test the budget before falling in love with the move.
Stronger starter move scores for households scanning where the tradeoffs look more workable.
| City | Rent vs. state avg | Salary vs. state avg | Move score | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascagoula | $82 above | $2,233 below | 84/100 | Compare |
| Starkville | $619 above | $2,233 below | 84/100 | Compare |
| Olive Branch | $978 above | $2,233 below | 84/100 | Compare |
| Greenville | $324 below | $5,862 below | 81/100 | Compare |
| Vicksburg | $324 below | $5,862 below | 81/100 | Compare |
| Biloxi | $179 below | $143 above | 80/100 | Compare |
| Hattiesburg | $179 below | $143 above | 80/100 | Compare |
| Oxford | $179 below | $143 above | 80/100 | Compare |
| Tupelo | $179 below | $143 above | 80/100 | Compare |
| Jackson | $87 above | $11,663 above | 79/100 | Compare |
| Meridian | $274 below | $3,697 below | 77/100 | Compare |
| Gulfport | $65 below | $4,943 above | 76/100 | Compare |
| Southaven | $65 below | $4,943 above | 76/100 | Compare |
State Snapshot
Starter numbers help visitors see the shape of the market before drilling into city pages or running a side-by-side comparison.
Lowest starter rent in the current Mississippi city set.
Salary pressureHighest starter salary-needed estimate among listed cities.
Move scoreStrongest starter relocation score in this state set.
Difference between the lowest and highest starter city rent estimates.
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Cities
Starter averages: $1,015 rent and $190,134 home price.
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Biloxi is the coastal tourism and insurance market in Mississippi, promoted in source-ready batch 04 for comparisons around housing, wages, insurance, utilities, benefits, and moving costs.
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Greenville is a supplemental starter city profile for the Delta regional affordability market in Mississippi, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
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Gulfport is the Gulf Coast insurance and housing market in Mississippi, promoted in source-ready batch 04 for comparisons around housing, wages, insurance, utilities, benefits, and moving costs.
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Hattiesburg is the college and healthcare market in Mississippi, promoted in source-ready batch 04 for comparisons around housing, wages, utilities, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
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Jackson is the state-capital and healthcare market in Mississippi, promoted in source-ready batch 04 for comparisons around housing, wages, utilities, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
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Meridian is a lower-cost regional market in Mississippi, useful for starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
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Olive Branch is a supplemental starter city profile for the Memphis-adjacent family market in Mississippi, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
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Oxford is a college-town rental market in Mississippi, useful for starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
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Pascagoula is a supplemental starter city profile for the Gulf Coast industrial and insurance market in Mississippi, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
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Southaven is the Memphis-adjacent family market in Mississippi, promoted in source-ready batch 04 for comparisons around housing, wages, commute costs, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
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Starkville is a supplemental starter city profile for the college-town rental market in Mississippi, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
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Tupelo is a regional jobs and family market in Mississippi, useful for starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
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Vicksburg is a supplemental starter city profile for the river city affordability market in Mississippi, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
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