Zip lookup · MS

38851
Houston, Mississippi.

Houston, Chickasaw County, MS · population 8,802

What it costs per month · 38851 $761/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$344 (+83%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $2,844 -2%
$147,799$144,955 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $12,561 +9%
$132,394$144,955 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 38851 $761 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 38851$761
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 38 years.

Typical home values in zip 38851 fell 1.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Houston, MS — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $144,955 as of Sep 2026
-1.9%year on year

Typical home value — 38851

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 38851 $144,955 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 38851$144,955
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.3 39776 Woodland 1,529 — $166,140
11.4 38850 Houlka 2,972 — $148,174
12.7 38860 Okolona 5,388 — $126,946
13.2 38878 Vardaman 2,449 — $118,892
15.3 39756 Prairie 2,140 — $136,011
16.1 39751 Mantee 1,385 — $185,302
18.7 39741 Cedarbluff 1,385 — $173,376
18.7 38839 Derma 96 — $83,403
19.2 38951 Pittsboro 1,075 — $141,194
19.3 38868 Shannon 4,371 — $165,736

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.