Beechwood, Mississippi.
A community in Warren County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Warren County’s.
Living in Beechwood, Warren County, Mississippi
Beechwood, in Warren County, had 3,469 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $91,600 a year and half less, against $59,401 across Warren County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Warren County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
- 1,446households
- 37%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Warren County had 18,446 jobs in 2025, 1.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 38°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 73°. About 62 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Vicksburg City weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Warren County
- Vicksburg Warren School DistSchool district1,071FTE
- Tyson FarmsPoultry processing690
- Merit Health River RegionGeneral hospital403FTE
- International paperPulp and paperboard combined manufacturing400
- Penn EntertainmentCasino & hotel378
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters354
- Ergon RefiningAcid oils made in petroleum refineries289
- Churchill DownsCasino hotels250
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 36 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,597 people in all across the county; Beechwood has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- HailVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Beechwood’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Warren County.