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Place dossier plate
SheetMS-NEW-HAMILTON-MS · New Hamilton, MS 491 pop · income 3rd pct
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 Hamilton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest New Hamilton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Dennehotso · lowest
28,438
Dennehotso · lowest
28,438 median HH income
35.9% of the leader · rank #1
Newport · near
32,693
Newport · near
32,693 median HH income
41.3% of the leader · rank #2
Shongopovi · near
32,708
Shongopovi · near
32,708 median HH income
41.3% of the leader · rank #3
Addison (Webs… · near
32,708
Addison (Webs… · near
32,708 median HH income
41.3% of the leader · rank #4
New Hamilton · this city
32,713
New Hamilton · this city
32,713 median HH income
41.3% of the leader · rank #5
Bawcomville · near
32,721
Bawcomville · near
32,721 median HH income
41.3% of the leader · rank #6
Wesley · highest
79,179
Wesley · highest
79,179 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for New Hamilton on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 491.
New Hamilton ranks in the 3rd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
3rd
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, median rent
📝 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 Hamilton, MS
491 people live in New Hamilton, Mississippi - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $32,713 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 7.5%. The median resident age is 69.5 years. 25.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Mississippi run below the national norm: the state registers 87.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $924 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Mississippi run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 50.9 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of New Hamilton'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For New Hamilton, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for New Hamilton?
Within Mississippi, the closest population matches are Tishomingo (487 residents, $46,458 income); New Hebron (486 residents, $66,618 income); Soso (497 residents, $65,521 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Scammon Bay, AK (491 residents); Dennehotso, AZ (491 residents); Wesley, AR (491 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.
What does the journey to work look like in New Hamilton?
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 55.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 7.5% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.0 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average
D
City profile score · New Hamilton, MS
46/100
4 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.
Bachelor's+ share C-
25.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$32,713
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
New Hamilton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 87.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 51/100 (C-) · 25.9%
Poverty rate: 50/100 (C-) · 7.5%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $32,713
How does New Hamilton compare to other US cities?
Here's how New Hamilton stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income3% higher than other cities
Median rent0% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares New Hamilton 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 Hamilton near the bottom of Mississippi's cities
Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, New Hamilton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares New Hamilton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#284 of 345
18th percentile in Mississippi
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Mississippi
Poverty Rate
#288 of 393
26th percentile in Mississippi
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#87 of 394
77th 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
3rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$32,713New Hamilton, MS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context New Hamilton, 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 Hamilton, MS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)19.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
491
Median Income
$32,713
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
69.5
Poverty Rate
7.5%
Labor force participation
19.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
55.4%
Carpool
44.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 92 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 Hamilton. 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How New Hamilton 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, 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.