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SheetMS-KOSCIUSKO-MS · Kosciusko, MS 6,994 pop · income 5th pct · 6 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Kosciusko
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kosciusko on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Thayer · lowest
36,477
Thayer · lowest
36,477 median HH income
26.0% of the leader · rank #1
Valle Vista · near
36,481
Valle Vista · near
36,481 median HH income
26.0% of the leader · rank #2
University CD… · near
36,483
University CD… · near
36,483 median HH income
26.0% of the leader · rank #3
Kosciusko · this city
36,490
Kosciusko · this city
36,490 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #4
Fairmont · near
36,493
Fairmont · near
36,493 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #5
Kaibab · near
36,500
Kaibab · near
36,500 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #6
Midland Park · highest
140,063
Midland Park · highest
140,063 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Kosciusko on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 6,994.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Kosciusko - the verdict
Nationally, Kosciusko sits in the 5th percentile for household income and the 37th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
5th
percentile, household income
16th
percentile, home value
0th
percentile, median rent
37th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Kosciusko, MS
6,994 people live in Kosciusko, Mississippi - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Kosciusko brings in $36,490 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 25.3%. Typical homes in Kosciusko are valued around $115,900, and the median resident age is 33.7 years. Educational attainment runs 16.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 55.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 3 residential building permits were authorized in Kosciusko (Slowing), down 25% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Kosciusko reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1803.4 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Kosciusko's yearly average temperature at 62.8°F with 62.5 inches of precipitation per year and 1.3 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Mississippi run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Mississippi scores 87.0 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $924 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Mississippi run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 29.8 minutes, with 76.5% driving alone and 2.7% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 50.9 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Kosciusko's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to reported crime to housing and income to within-city variation to population change to climate and hazard context to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Kosciusko, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Kosciusko?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 29.8 minutes.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Kosciusko?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1803.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 21% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Kosciusko?
Within Mississippi, the closest population matches are Philadelphia (7,030 residents, $36,781 income); Waveland (7,066 residents, $58,795 income); Holly Springs (6,861 residents, $47,344 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Milltown, NJ (6,994 residents); Fair Plain, MI (6,992 residents); Midland Park, NJ (6,996 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Kosciusko?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 25.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$36,490
Home value
$115,900
Value / income
3.2×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Is Kosciusko growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -368 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -5.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
-5.2%
2025 estimate
6,722
2020 estimate
7,090
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 62.8°F, with 62.5 inches of precipitation and 1.3 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Mississippi is 50.9 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
62.8°F
Annual precipitation
62.5 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
50.9
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the education layer cover for Kosciusko?
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 16.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
5
Bachelor's degree+
16.1%
Poverty estimate
25.3%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 25.3% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.0 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average
F
City profile score · Kosciusko, MS
35/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
87.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime C-
177 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
25.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$36,490
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Kosciusko profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 87.0 index
Violent crime: 52/100 (C-) · 177 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 23/100 (F) · 16.1%
Poverty rate: 6/100 (F) · 25.3%
Household income: 2/100 (F) · $36,490
Where Kosciusko sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Kosciusko's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Kosciusko highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Kosciusko, MS (this city): home $115,900, crime 1,803/100k
Milltown, NJ : home $423,000, crime 1,352/100k
Midland Park, NJ : home $586,200, crime 703/100k
Rockland, ME : home $234,400, crime 1,955/100k
Spring Lake Park, MN : home $281,800, crime 2,098/100k
Philadelphia, MS : home $95,600, crime 3,014/100k
Waveland, MS : home $201,800, crime 2,716/100k
Richland, MS : home $131,300, crime 1,082/100k
Amory, MS : home $140,700, crime 3,136/100k
Batesville, MS : home $190,800, crime 5,102/100k
How does Kosciusko compare to other US cities?
Kosciusko measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income5% higher than other cities
Home value16% pricier than other cities
Median rent0% pricier than other cities
Safety37% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Mississippi, Kosciusko ranks #30 of 56 Mississippi cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Kosciusko against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Mississippi only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Mississippi-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Kosciusko near the bottom of Mississippi's cities
Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kosciusko ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kosciusko only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#246 of 345
29th percentile in Mississippi
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Mississippi
Median Home Value
#155 of 348
55th percentile in Mississippi
Poverty Rate
#110 of 393
72nd percentile in Mississippi
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#207 of 394
47th percentile in Mississippi
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Mississippi only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
5th percentile nationally for median household income · 37th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Kosciusko's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Kosciusko's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Kosciusko's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$115,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 84% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Kosciusko's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,574 of 15,516
More affordable than 51% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,269 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.2×, Kosciusko sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,574 of 15,516 and #6,269 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$36,490Kosciusko, MS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kosciusko, MS median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Kosciusko, MS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,994
Median Income
$36,490
Median Home Value
$115,900
Median Age
33.7
Poverty Rate
25.3%
Labor force participation
55.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1803.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
177.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1626.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
62.8°F
Annual Precipitation
62.5"
Annual Snowfall
1.3"
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Kosciusko's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,090 residents
2021
7,021 residents
2022
6,946 residents
2023
6,856 residents
2024
6,793 residents
2025
6,722 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
4
4
0
$0.4M
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
25
25
0
$1.5M
2022
2
2
0
$0.3M
2023
1
1
0
$0.2M
2024
3
3
0
$1.3M
Permit volume decreased 25% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
29.8 minutes
Drive Alone
76.5%
Carpool
17.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.6%
Work from Home
2.7%
Based on 2,896 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Mississippi statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Mississippi at $223 (electricity about $135 , water and sewer about $38 ).
These are Mississippi statewide averages, not a meter reading for Kosciusko. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Mississippi's BEA cost-of-living index is 87.0 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Kosciusko is $924/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Mississippi statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.9 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Mississippi statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Kosciusko sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kosciusko compares to similar-size Mississippi cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.