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Latimer, Mississippi.

A community in Jackson County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Jackson County’s.

Living in Latimer, Jackson County, Mississippi

Latimer, in Jackson County, had 6,720 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $70,237 a year and half less, against $66,201 across Jackson County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Jackson County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 6,720 in the 2020 census; median age 38.7
Household income $70,237 the median, give or take $10,529 · Jackson County: $66,201
Unemployment 3.0% Jackson County, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes 82% lived in by their owners; 18% rented
  • 2,352households
  • 17%of adults have a degree
  • 16%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 5%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment15%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Government10%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jackson County had 50,095 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 60° and 44°; warmest in August, 90° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 60° 44° F M A M J J A 90° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 60° and 44°; warmest in August, 90° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 60° 44° F M A M J J A 90° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 44°; warmest in August, with highs near 90° and lows near 75°. About 67 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Biloxi weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Jackson County

  1. Huntington IngallsShipyard11,642
  2. Singing River Health SystemGeneral hospital2,281FTE
  3. Chevron Pascagoula RefineryCrude petroleum refineries1,585
  4. Bollinger Mississippi ShipbuildingShipyard1,409
  5. Pascagoula-gautier School DistrictSchool district1,360FTE
  6. Jackson CO School DistSchool district1,273FTE
  7. Ocean Springs School DistSchool district814FTE
  8. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters409

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 71 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 20,023 people in all across the county; Latimer has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) 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

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Latimer’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 Jackson County.