Fulton, Mississippi.
Typical home $160,487 (+11.6% in a year). Tupelo, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$390 (+86%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,653 +12%
- $143,834$160,487 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $8,650 +6%
- $151,837$160,487 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.
- Fulton$842
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 63 years.
Typical home values in Fulton, MS rose 11.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi
Fulton is a city of 4,542 people in Itawamba County. Unemployment in Itawamba County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Itawamba County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Fulton is a small city and the county seat of Itawamba County in northeast Mississippi. Its residents skew young for a place its size, and incomes across the county run below the national picture, with a good share of households living under the poverty line. Homes here are modestly priced, and most adults do not hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and short, with only a dusting of snow, while summers turn hot. Rain is plentiful through the year.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, or in transport and warehousing. Itawamba Community College, Mueller Copper Tube Company and the Itawamba County School District are among the largest workplaces in town. Across the county, unemployment has eased a little over the past year, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly. The usual trip to work is a fairly short drive, and only a few people work from home.
Things to do. Lake Itawamba, a reservoir, and Nita Lake are both a short drive away and suit a day of fishing or a quiet afternoon by the water. For a longer outing, the Elvis Presley Birthplace museum and the Natchez Trace Parkway, a protected scenic route, are a longer drive away.
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- 1,476households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Itawamba County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Itawamba County had 5,986 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 51° and lows near 30°; warmest in August, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 2 inches of snow and 62 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fulton West weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Fulton
- Itawamba Community CollegeTwo-year college636
- Mueller Copper Tube CompanyCopper secondary smelting and alloying625
- Itawamba County School DistSchool district516FTE
- Daniel Health CareSkilled nursing facilities176
- F. L. Crane & Sons FultonDrywall contractors128
- F. L. Crane & Sons Metal PanelsPanel, metal, installation108
- Sodexo at Itawamba Community CollegeFood service contractors42
- #588 Food GiantSupermarkets and other grocery stores41
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,181 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) 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
- LightningVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fulton’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 Itawamba County and the Tupelo, MS metro.
Fulton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Fulton$160,487
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Fulton 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.
- Fulton22.00%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Fulton49
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Fulton9
Zip codes with a Fulton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Fulton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.