Brooksville, Mississippi

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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  1. Population

    Down 6.0% since 2020.

    858

    people, the 161st-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

  2. The workday

    Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

    97.7%

    of 133 jobs located in Brooksville are filled by in-commuters.

    Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

  3. Rent

    Median rent is up 98% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

    $1,116

    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

  4. The seam

    Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $473.

    A $473 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Noxubee County.

    • $624 Tract 9501
    • $1,097 Tract 9502

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  5. Room to build

    The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

    $578–$867

    is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

    • $1,116 median

    Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

  6. Building

    Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

    • 81% of all homes were built before 2000

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  7. Units needed

    Closing the gap would add 0.3% to the 325 homes here.

    1

    is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

    Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 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

  8. Home value

    A median home costs 41% less than Mississippi's.

    $100,000

    median home value in Brooksville.

    • $100,000 Brooksville
    • $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

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