Counties / Mississippi / Humphreys County

Humphreys County, MS

FIPS 28053 · population 7,395 · outside every metro area

$79k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$79k
▼ 0.7% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
ACS median gross rent
$641
occupied-unit survey; not current asking rent
Census ACS · surveyed
Gross yield
n/a
gross yield cannot be computed without measured market rent
requires both measured price and measured rent
HUD 2-bed standard
$842
the Section 8 payment standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

One annual series is unavailable
FHFA five-year cumulativen/anot annualized · through n/a
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06−0.7%FHFA HPIperiod n/an/a
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$88k
Surveyed gross rent$641
Rent burden 30%+44.1%
Median year built1977
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
17.4%vacant
3,509estimated housing units
Occupied tenure38.3% renter
owner 61.7%renter 38.3%
Structure mix77.6% single-family
Single-family 77.6%20+ units 1.2%Mobile home 9.7%Other 11.6%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs1,987▲ 3.4% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments180annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$715▲ 0.0% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorManufacturing40.8% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS+3.4%WEEKLY WAGE+0.0%Manufacturing40.8%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Humphreys County presents a valuation case with incomplete income evidence: Zillow's $78,527 county median home value at 2026-06 does not establish cash flow, while inland-flood exposure requires property-level diligence. Investors able to verify leases, insurance and elevation should investigate; those relying on county averages or rent-to-price screens should be cautious. The value was 0.7% lower year over year, but is a home-value measure, not a sale price. No FHFA annual HPI observation is published, so its repeat-transaction direction cannot check Zillow.

02Housing economics

Market rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed. HUD's $842 two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not asking rent, and cannot fill that gap. The effective property-tax rate is 0.98%, and median annual property tax is $861; these are carrying-cost inputs. No Realtor.com MLS listing price, active-listing count, days on market, or reduced-price share is published, preventing an assessment of visible supply, concessions, or marketing time.

03Demand & competition

In 2025, QCEW reports 1,987 annual average covered jobs, up 3.38%, and a $715 average weekly covered-worker wage, unchanged. Manufacturing, the largest disclosed private supersector, accounts for 40.76% of private covered jobs; this workplace measure neither describes resident employment nor the whole economy. Migration shows 42 net tax-return households departed; incoming movers averaged $33,515 AGI versus $33,811 for outgoing movers, a calculated $296 gap. Of 32 purchase mortgages, 4 were to non-occupants, or 12.5%; this suggests non-owner participation, not total buyer demand or all-cash competition.

04Risk & next checks

Inland flood is the dominant hazard. The modeled annual climate-loss ratio is 0.19% of building value—an expected-loss measure, not an event forecast or actual claim. Next checks are parcel flood zone, elevation, insurance quotes, prior losses, lease comparables, and MLS/pending history. Missing market rent prevents a yield conclusion; missing Realtor.com metrics prevents a liquidity and visible-supply conclusion; missing FHFA data prevents an independent repeat-transaction index check. County records cannot establish parcel exposure or tenant demand.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Humphreys County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Belzoni city1.3KIsola town861Silver City town219Louise town178
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

4 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Belzoni cityIncorporated place
    1,306
  2. 02
    Isola townIncorporated place
    861
  3. 03
    Silver City townIncorporated place
    219
  4. 04
    Louise townIncorporated place
    178

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.190% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax0.98%

$861 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration-42

101 in · 143 out

Arriving vs leaving income−$296

$33,515 arriving · $33,811 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors12.5%

4 of 32 mortgages

investorother financed
No rent index is published for this county.Zillow’s county rent series does not cover every county, and estimating one from a neighbouring county would be a guess wearing a number’s clothes. Everything above is measured here; no wider market is mapped for it either.
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. County-level climate modeling may understate parcel-specific flood exposure or insurance expense.
  2. Unpublished market rents may not support cash flow after tax and insurance costs.
  3. Employment concentration, net outmigration, or unobserved listing supply may weaken tenant and resale depth.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Can gross yield be calculated from this record?

No. Median asking market rent is not published, and HUD FMR cannot replace it.

What does the reported job growth represent?

It is the change in annual average covered jobs at county workplaces, not resident employment or unemployment.

Does the record establish listing-market liquidity?

No. Realtor.com active listings, days on market, reductions, and MLS listing-price data are not published.