Kokomo, Mississippi.
Typical home $139,013 (+6.1% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$307 (+73%) since Feb 2021.
- 1 year
- Up $7,979 +6%
- $131,034$139,013 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $1,585 +1%
- $137,428$139,013 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.
- Kokomo$730
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Kokomo, MS rose 6.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Kokomo, Marion County, Mississippi
Kokomo, in Marion County, had 150 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Marion County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Marion County work in schools and health care, then construction.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Kokomo is a very small community in Marion County, Mississippi, home to only a few people compared with most towns. Homes here are modestly priced, and household incomes across Marion County are on the lower side. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year and little or no snow.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, shops, and transport, warehouses and utilities. Across Marion County, some of the largest workplaces are MDR Construction, the Marion County School District and Walmart. Unemployment in the county is lower than it was a year ago, and the number of jobs has edged up slightly.
Things to do. For time outdoors, the Minnehaha River and Lake Bill Waller are both within reach by car, though each is a longer drive away. The river and the lake offer quiet water for those who like to spend a day out of town.
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What people in Marion County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Marion County had 8,361 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 37°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 63 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tylertown 5ESE weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Marion County
- MDR ConstructionUtility line, construction745
- Marion CO School DistSchool district339FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters325
- Looks Great Services ofShrub services255
- Columbia School DistrictSchool district252FTE
- Crown Health Care Laundry ServicesHealthcare laundry processing location231
- Columbia Rehabilitation & Health @ NexionConvalescent homes or convalescent hospitals106
- Marion General HospitalGeneral hospital105FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,839 people in all across the county; Kokomo 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
- HailRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kokomo’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 Marion County.
Kokomo home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kokomo$139,013
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
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.
Zip codes with a Kokomo address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kokomo — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Kokomo
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39483 | Foxworth | 5,120 | — | $129,713 |
| 39643 | Kokomo | 1,356 | — | $151,354 |