Crosby, Mississippi
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 9.6% since 2020.
216
people, the 264th-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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The workday
Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
100.0%
of 2 jobs located in Crosby are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is down 13% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$411
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 $211.
A $211 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Wilkinson County.
- $540 Tract 9501
- $751 Tract 9502.02
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.
$1,500–$2,250
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $411 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
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 83% 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
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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 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
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Home value
A median home costs 67% less than Mississippi's.
$55,600
median home value in Crosby.
- $55,600 Crosby
- $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