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Place dossier plate
SheetMS-NEW-ALBANY-MS · New Albany, MS 7,661 pop · income 14th 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 New Albany
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest New Albany on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Philadelphia · lowest
36,781
Philadelphia · lowest
36,781 median HH income
22.1% of the leader · rank #1
Palmview · near
46,274
Palmview · near
46,274 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #2
New Albany · this city
46,276
New Albany · this city
46,276 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #3
Sans Souci · near
46,276
Sans Souci · near
46,276 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #4
Franklin · near
46,278
Franklin · near
46,278 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #5
Watkins Glen · near
46,279
Watkins Glen · near
46,279 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #6
Gold River · highest
166,250
Gold River · highest
166,250 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 New Albany 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: 7,661.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
New Albany - the verdict
New Albany ranks in the 14th percentile for household income and the 55th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
14th
percentile, household income
27th
percentile, home value
0th
percentile, median rent
55th
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: New Albany, MS
7,661 people live in New Albany, Mississippi - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in New Albany brings in $46,276 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 17.8%. Typical homes in New Albany are valued around $150,000, and the median resident age is 38.1 years. About 22.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 53.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 17 residential building permits were authorized in New Albany (Growing), up 6% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. New Albany reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1215.6 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Mississippi run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Mississippi at 87.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $924 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Mississippi, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.9 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of New Albany'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to reported crime to work and mobility to schools and households to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For New Albany, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in New Albany?
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.
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 17.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for New Albany?
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.
Within Mississippi, the closest population matches are St. Martin (7,797 residents, $53,488 income); Batesville (7,432 residents, $46,492 income); Richland (7,250 residents, $63,611 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Gold River, CA (7,661 residents); Thousand Palms, CA (7,662 residents); Oak Ridge, NC (7,660 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.
Is New Albany growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +124 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 17 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What can 6 Census tracts reveal inside New Albany?
PlainCities matches 6 Census tracts to this city.
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.
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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in New Albany?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1215.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 47% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
Total reported rate
1215.6
Violent rate
77.6
Property rate
1138.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the journey to work look like in New Albany?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Drive alone
87.8%
Work from home
1.8%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 3,085 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for New Albany?
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.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 22.5% 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.
Poverty estimate
17.8%
Bachelor's degree+
22.5%
Matched public schools
3
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average
D
City profile score · New Albany, MS
48/100
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 B+
78 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
17.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$46,276
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
New Albany profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 87.0 index
Violent crime: 76/100 (B+) · 78 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 42/100 (D) · 22.5%
Poverty rate: 17/100 (F) · 17.8%
Household income: 15/100 (F) · $46,276
Where New Albany sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
New Albany'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 - New Albany highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
New Albany, MS (this city): home $150,000, crime 1,216/100k
Ludington, MI : home $192,800, crime 1,148/100k
Seward, NE : home $232,500, crime 731/100k
Ashland, VA : home $272,600, crime 2,695/100k
Batesville, MS : home $190,800, crime 5,102/100k
Richland, MS : home $131,300, crime 1,082/100k
Waveland, MS : home $201,800, crime 2,716/100k
Philadelphia, MS : home $95,600, crime 3,014/100k
How does New Albany compare to other US cities?
New Albany measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income14% higher than other cities
Home value27% pricier than other cities
Median rent0% pricier than other cities
Safety55% 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, New Albany ranks #18 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 New Albany 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 New Albany near the bottom of Mississippi's cities
Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, New Albany ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares New Albany only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#167 of 345
52nd percentile in Mississippi
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Mississippi
Median Home Value
#98 of 348
72nd percentile in Mississippi
Poverty Rate
#187 of 393
52nd percentile in Mississippi
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#122 of 394
69th 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
14th percentile nationally for median household income · 55th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
New Albany's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
New Albany'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 New Albany's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$150,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 73% 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
New Albany'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
#7,879 of 15,516
More affordable than 49% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,484 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.2×, New Albany sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,879 of 15,516 and #6,484 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
$46,276New Albany, MS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context New Albany, 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 New Albany, MS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)17.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,661
Median Income
$46,276
Median Home Value
$150,000
Median Age
38.1
Poverty Rate
17.8%
Labor force participation
53.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1215.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
77.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1138.0
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.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
New Albany's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,632 residents
2021
7,667 residents
2022
7,675 residents
2023
7,715 residents
2024
7,745 residents
2025
7,756 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
17
housing units authorized
Single-Family
17
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
16
12
4
$2.3M
2020
11
11
0
$1.6M
2021
19
17
2
$3.5M
2022
20
20
0
$4.4M
2023
21
9
12
$4.3M
2024
17
17
0
$3.7M
Permit volume increased 6% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.8%
Carpool
9.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
1.8%
Other
1.4%
Based on 3,085 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 New Albany. 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 New Albany 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 New Albany sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How New Albany 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, 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.