Lucedale, Mississippi.
Typical home $215,454 (+4.7% in a year). Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$574 (+103%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,751 +5%
- $205,703$215,454 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $30,934 +17%
- $184,520$215,454 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.
- Lucedale$1,131
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.
Typical home values in Lucedale, MS rose 4.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lucedale, George County, Mississippi
Lucedale is a city of 2,869 people in George County. Half its households earn more than $40,668 a year and half less, against $59,758 across George County. Unemployment in George County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in George 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lucedale is a small city and the county seat of George County in southeast Mississippi. Its residents are younger than in many places, though household incomes sit below the county's, and few adults here hold a four-year degree. Homes tend to cost more than those incomes might suggest.
Work. Many people in Lucedale work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in the building trades, manufacturing and shops. The largest workplaces in town include the George County school district, Walmart and George County Hospital. Unemployment across the county has eased compared with a year earlier, and the county has added jobs. Most people drive some distance to work, and very few work from home.
Things to do. Water is the main draw nearby. The Pascagoula River and the Chickasawhay River are both a short drive away, and Leaf River is close as well, so fishing and time on the water are within easy reach. For a longer outing, De Soto National Forest is a protected area a longer drive away. Winters are mild with little or no snow, and summers are hot and wet, so most of the year suits time outdoors.
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- 1,122households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 26 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What people in George County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. George County had 5,354 jobs in 2025, 2.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 41°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 73°. About 67 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mobile weather station, 27 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lucedale
- George CO School DistSchool district573FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters321
- George County HospitalGeneral hospital258FTE
- Singing River Electric Cooperative - Lucedale OfficeDistribution of electric power128
- GlenOaks Nursing CenterSkilled nursing facilities52
- Compass Group49
- LucedaleMail and parcel delivery36
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 586 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
- HurricanesVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lucedale’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 George County and the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro.
Lucedale home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lucedale$215,454
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Lucedale listings, and the typical home goes pending in 35 days — 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.
- Lucedale27.34%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lucedale95
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lucedale23
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Lucedale$231,642
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Lucedale address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lucedale — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.