Kiln, Mississippi.
Typical home $232,948 (+4.6% in a year). Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$597 (+95%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,178 +5%
- $222,770$232,948 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $21,372 +10%
- $211,576$232,948 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.
- Kiln$1,223
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 36 years.
Typical home values in Kiln, MS rose 4.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Kiln, Hancock County, Mississippi
Kiln, in Hancock County, had 2,224 people in the 2020 census. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Hancock County was 2.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Hancock County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Kiln is a small community in Hancock County, Mississippi, where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners. A large share of residents live below the poverty line, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and short, with January the coldest month, while summers run hot, with August the warmest. Rain is plentiful through the year, and the amount of rain and melted snow is well above what much of the country sees.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, the building trades, and shops. Across Hancock County, the largest workplaces include the Hancock County School District, Walmart and the John C. Stennis Space Center. Unemployment across the county is lower than it was a year ago, and the county has added a small number of jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Several rivers lie a short drive away, including Catahoula Creek, the Jourdan River and the Wolf River, which suit time spent on the water or along the banks. A longer drive leads to Buccaneer State Park, a protected area, and to the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum.
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- 8%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
What people in Hancock County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hancock County had 14,474 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 42°; warmest in August, with highs near 89° and lows near 74°. About 65 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Waveland weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hancock County
- Hancock CO School DistSchool district619FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters384
- John C. Stennis Space CenterFederal government · National Aeronautics and Space Administration311
- Bay St Louis Waveland School DistSchool district299FTE
- NSS Stennis Space Center (SSC) OperationsGovernment base facilities operation support services280
- Relativity Space- Stennis Space CenterSpace vehicles, complete, manufacturing227
- Ochsner MED CTR - HancockGeneral hospital218FTE
- Alpek Polyester MississippiAmino-aldehyde resins manufacturing179
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 26 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,687 people in all across the county; Kiln has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) 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
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Wildfirerelatively high in parts of KilnRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of KilnRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kiln’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 Hancock County and the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro.
Kiln home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kiln$232,948
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Kiln listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Kiln36.39%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kiln45
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Kiln7
Zip codes with a Kiln address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kiln — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.