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Pearl River, Mississippi.

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

Living in Pearl River, Neshoba County, Mississippi

Pearl River, in Neshoba County, had 3,822 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $50,922 a year and half less, against $57,013 across Neshoba County. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Neshoba County was 2.7% in August 2026, and the county had 5.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Neshoba County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 3,822 in the 2020 census; median age 32.7
Household income $50,922 the median, give or take $11,945 · Neshoba County: $57,013
Unemployment 2.7% Neshoba County, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes 84% lived in by their owners; 16% rented
  • 1,321households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 2%work from home

What people in Neshoba County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment15%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Building trades8%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Neshoba County had 12,735 jobs in 2025, 5.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 35°; warmest in July, 91° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 35° F M A M J J 91° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 35°; warmest in July, 91° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 35° F M A M J J 91° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 35°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 71°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Philadelphia Wsw weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Neshoba County

  1. Mississippi Band of Choctaw IndiansAmerican indian or alaska native, tribal chief's or chairman's office2,231
  2. W. G. Yates & Sons Construction CompanyAddition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building2,017
  3. Choctaw Health CenterGeneral hospital479FTE
  4. Neshoba County School DistrictSchool district453FTE
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters291
  6. Neshoba County General HospitalGeneral hospital290FTE
  7. Yates EngineersAddition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building199
  8. WeyerhaeuserLumber193

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 21 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,861 people in all across the county; Pearl River 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. TornadoesVery high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. HailRelatively high
  4. Cold wavesRelatively high
  5. LightningRelatively high
  6. DroughtRelatively moderate

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