Pass Christian, Mississippi.
Typical home $303,761 (+2.4% in a year), asking rent $1,297 . Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$810 (+103%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,123 +2%
- $296,637$303,761 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $35,113 +13%
- $268,648$303,761 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.
- Pass Christian$1,594
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 28 years.
Typical home values in Pass Christian, MS rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi
Pass Christian is a city of 5,686 people in Harrison County. Half its households earn more than $78,212 a year and half less, against $59,479 across Harrison County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Harrison County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Pass Christian is a small Gulf Coast city in Harrison County, with a population that skews older than the nation's and households that earn more than is typical across the county. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a large share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in professional and business services. Among the larger workplaces in the city are Walmart and Avardis Health. Unemployment across Harrison County has eased compared with a year earlier, and the county has added a few more jobs, though commutes tend to run on the long side.
Things to do. The Wolf River and the Jourdan River are both a short drive away for time on the water. The Mississippi Aquarium and the Alice Moseley Folk Art and Antique Museum are also a short drive away, and the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum is a longer drive.
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- 2,481households
- 47%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 34 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Harrison County had 90,122 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 44°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 75°. About 68 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Gulfport Naval Ctr weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Pass Christian
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters330
- Avardis HealthSkilled nursing facilities58
- Pass ChristianMail and parcel delivery26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 414 people in all. 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
- Coastal floodingrelatively high in parts of Pass ChristianRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pass Christian’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 Harrison County and the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro.
Pass Christian home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Pass Christian$303,761
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Pass Christian listings, and the typical home goes pending in 81 days — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Pass Christian28.32%
- 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.
- Pass Christian124
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Pass Christian19
Zip codes with a Pass Christian address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Pass Christian — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.