Alligator, Mississippi
2026 Edition · 9 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 7.1% since 2020.
105
people, the 290th-largest of Mississippi's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Mississippi's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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Rent
Median rent is up 25% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$655
a month. Mississippi's median is $954.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $479.
A $479 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Bolivar County.
- $644 Tract 9507.01
- $1,123 Tract 9506.01
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$688–$1,031
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $655 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2018 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
60% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 0 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 60% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.
0
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2018 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 66% less than Mississippi's.
$58,200
median home value in Alligator.
- $58,200 Alligator
- $169,800 Mississippi
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year