Kosciusko, Mississippi.
Typical home $113,402 (-0.4% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$199 (+50%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $435 -0%
- $113,837$113,402 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $23,163 -17%
- $136,565$113,402 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.
- Kosciusko$595
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Kosciusko, MS fell 0.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi
Kosciusko is a city of 7,114 people in Attala County. 55% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 45% are rented. Unemployment in Attala County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Kosciusko is a small Mississippi city and the largest town in Attala County. More homes are lived in by their owners than rented, and typical home values are modest. Incomes are on the lower side and poverty is more common than in many American places, while few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and rainfall through the year is generous.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in town are Kosciusko School District, Walmart and Baptist Medical Center - Attala. Unemployment across Attala County has eased over the past year, and the county has added a few more jobs. Very few people work from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Bokshenya Creek is a river a short drive away, which makes it the easiest place to reach from town. Holmes County State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive away, as are Apookta Creek and Canna Creek, both rivers.
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- 2,453households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 26%below the poverty line
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Attala County had 4,585 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 71°. About 1 inches of snow and 63 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kosciusko weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Kosciusko
- Ivey Mechanical CompanyPlumbing and heating contractors1,050
- Kosciusko School DistrictSchool district309FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters237
- Baptist Medical Center - AttalaCritical access hospital119FTE
- Dickerson Transportation Group484220 specialized freight trucking, local32
- KosciuskoMail and parcel delivery28
- WM of Central MS - Kosciusko22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,369 people in all. 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
- TornadoesVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively 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 Kosciusko’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Attala County.
Kosciusko home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kosciusko$113,402
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 12 Kosciusko 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.
- Kosciusko8.45%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kosciusko43
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Kosciusko8
Zip codes with a Kosciusko address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kosciusko — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.