Belden, Mississippi.
. Tupelo, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$483 (+90%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
Living in Belden, Pontotoc County, Mississippi
The Census does not count Belden on its own, so the figures here are Pontotoc County's. Half the county's households earn more than $51,484 a year and half less; 17% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 70% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Pontotoc County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 3.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Pontotoc County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Belden is a town in Pontotoc County, in northern Mississippi, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are mild and snow is rare, summers are hot, and rain falls heavily through the year, more than in much of the country. Household incomes sit below the national typical, and a considerable share of residents live below the poverty line.
Work. Jobs in the county fell over the past year, while unemployment came down from a year earlier. Most residents work in manufacturing, schools, hospitals and social care, retail shops, or transport, warehousing and utilities. Commutes are short by big-city standards, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. The Elvis Presley Birthplace is a museum a short drive away, and the Natchez Trace Parkway is a protected area also a short drive away. The Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo, a zoo a short drive away, is another option for a day out.
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- 11,819households
- 35.9median age
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Pontotoc County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pontotoc County had 11,386 jobs in 2025, 3.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 72°. About 2 inches of snow and 58 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tupelo Regional Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Pontotoc County
- Ashley Furniture - ECRUUpholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing2,176
- Southern Motion Plant 1Chairs, upholstered household-type, manufacturing546
- Pontotoc CO School DistSchool district486FTE
- Ashley Distribution Services, Ltd. - MississippiLong distance truckload381
- Pontotoc City SchoolsSchool district341FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters328
- Fusion Furniture Plant 1Chairs, upholstered household-type, manufacturing298
- Behold WashingtonUpholstered household furniture manufacturing285
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,251 people in all. School districts come 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
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Pontotoc County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Pontotoc County and the Tupelo, MS metro.
Belden home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Belden14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Belden address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Belden — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.