Amory, Mississippi.
Typical home $169,234 (+2.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$469 (+112%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,595 +2%
- $165,639$169,234 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $22,445 +15%
- $146,789$169,234 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.
- Amory$888
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.
Typical home values in Amory, MS rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi
Amory is a city of 6,666 people in Monroe County. Half its households earn more than $52,901 a year and half less, against $51,866 across Monroe County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Monroe County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Amory is a small city in Monroe County, Mississippi, with the East Fork Tombigbee River running in or beside town. Incomes here run slightly above the county's, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot and wet through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and shops also employing a good share. Among the largest workplaces in Amory are Monroe Health Services, Walmart and the Amory School District. Most people have a short drive to work, and a four-year degree is held by fewer adults than in much of the country.
Things to do. The East Fork Tombigbee River is in or beside town, and Cotton Gin Port, an archaeological site, is a short drive away. A longer drive leads to the Elvis Presley Birthplace museum, and the Natchez Trace Parkway, a protected area, is a longer drive as well.
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- 2,678households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Monroe County had 9,080 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 54 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Aberdeen weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Amory
- Monroe Health ServicesGeneral hospital294FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters280
- Amory School DistSchool district217FTE
- DBA: Diversicare of AmoryConvalescent homes or convalescent hospitals104
- River Place Nursing CenterNursing homes70
- #587 Food GiantSupermarkets and other grocery stores59
- F.F.MFurniture dimension stock, unfinished wood, manufacturing35
- AmoryMail and parcel delivery23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,150 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Amory’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Monroe County.
Amory home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Amory$169,234
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Amory listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Amory25.93%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Amory61
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Amory13
Zip codes with a Amory address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Amory — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.