Sidon, Mississippi

Population

Down 8.9% since 2020.

285

people, the 246th-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

Rent

Median rent is up 40% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$650

a month. Mississippi's median is $954.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $723 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Leflore County.

• $370 Tract 9502
• $1,093 Tract 9506

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

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$750–$1,125

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $650 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2018 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

71% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 71% 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

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

Home value

A median home costs 51% less than Mississippi's.

$82,900

median home value in Sidon.

• $82,900 Sidon
• $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