# Cities in Mississippi by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 41 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/mississippi-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cleveland, MS | 67.5 |
| 2 | Pascagoula, MS | 61.5 |
| 3 | Jackson, MS | 60.3 |
| 4 | Starkville, MS | 59.9 |
| 5 | Pearl, MS | 58 |
| 6 | Tupelo, MS | 57.9 |
| 7 | Moss Point, MS | 57.6 |
| 8 | Horn Lake, MS | 57.2 |
| 9 | Natchez, MS | 56.8 |
| 10 | Laurel, MS | 56.6 |
| 11 | Canton, MS | 56.5 |
| 12 | Hernando, MS | 56.2 |
| 13 | Oxford, MS | 55.7 |
| 14 | Gulfport, MS | 55.1 |
| 15 | Ocean Springs, MS | 54.9 |
| 16 | Greenville, MS | 54.8 |
| 17 | Madison, MS | 54.7 |
| 18 | Meridian, MS | 54.6 |
| 19 | Clarksdale, MS | 54.4 |
| 20 | Ridgeland, MS | 53.6 |
| 21 | Columbus, MS | 52.9 |
| 22 | Flowood, MS | 52.6 |
| 23 | Greenwood, MS | 52.2 |
| 24 | Bay St. Louis, MS | 51.9 |
| 25 | Grenada, MS | 51.6 |
| 26 | Hattiesburg, MS | 51.6 |
| 27 | Southaven, MS | 49.9 |
| 28 | Clinton, MS | 48.8 |
| 29 | Vicksburg, MS | 48.5 |
| 30 | Brookhaven, MS | 48.4 |
| 31 | Picayune, MS | 47.5 |
| 32 | Gautier, MS | 47.4 |
| 33 | Long Beach, MS | 47.2 |
| 34 | Petal, MS | 47.2 |
| 35 | Biloxi, MS | 47.1 |
| 36 | McComb, MS | 43.1 |
| 37 | Corinth, MS | 42.8 |
| 38 | Olive Branch, MS | 41.1 |
| 39 | D'Iberville, MS | 37.4 |
| 40 | Brandon, MS | 36.9 |
| 41 | Byram, MS | 32.4 |