Byram, Mississippi.
Typical home $219,936 (+1.5% in a year), asking rent $1,419 . Jackson, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$616 (+114%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,314 +2%
- $216,622$219,936 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $49,459 +29%
- $170,477$219,936 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.
- Byram$1,154
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Byram, MS rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Byram, Hinds County, Mississippi
Byram is a city of 12,666 people in Hinds County. Half its households earn more than $70,445 a year and half less, against $49,402 across Hinds County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Hinds County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Byram is a city in Hinds County, just outside Jackson, and most of its homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run well above the county's, and the share of people living below the poverty line is fairly low. Residents tend to be middle-aged, and a good number of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and short, while summers are hot, and the year brings a good deal of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in transport, warehouses and utilities, in government, or in shops. Among the larger workplaces in Byram are Edgewood Health and Rehab, Kroger Delta KMA and Diebold Nixdorf Byram. Hinds County has seen a small rise in jobs over the past year, and unemployment there has eased compared with a year earlier. A typical commute is a moderate one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away is the Jackson Zoo, along with the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, a museum that tells the story of the state's struggle for civil rights. The Mississippi Museum of Art is also a short drive away. For time outdoors, Ross Barnett Reservoir is a longer drive, and it is one of the larger bodies of water in the area.
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- 5,200households
- 32%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hinds County had 109,465 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more 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 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jackson Hawkins Field weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Byram
- Edgewood Health and RehabHomes for the elderly with nursing care150
- Kroger Delta KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores143
- Diebold Nixdorf ByramOther building equipment contractors52
- Vowell's Marketplace #18 ByramGrocery stores51
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 396 people in all. 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
- HailRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Byram’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 Hinds County and the Jackson, MS metro.
Byram home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Byram$219,936
- 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 3 Byram listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Byram33.39%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Byram31
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Byram8
Zip codes with a Byram address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Byram — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.