Perkinston, Mississippi.
Typical home $224,721 (+6.1% in a year). Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$608 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,840 +6%
- $211,881$224,721 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $34,455 +18%
- $190,266$224,721 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.
- Perkinston$1,180
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Perkinston, MS rose 6.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Perkinston, Stone County, Mississippi
The Census does not count Perkinston on its own, so the figures here are Stone County's. Half the county's households earn more than $61,413 a year and half less; 17% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 81% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Stone County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 5.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Stone County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Perkinston is a small community in Stone County, Mississippi. Across Stone County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population is somewhat older than in many parts of the country. Winters are mild with little or no snow, summers are hot, and rain falls heavily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in factories, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Unemployment is lower than it was a year earlier, and the county added jobs over the past year. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and few people work from home, so most people commute out for work, often by a longer drive than in many towns.
Things to do. Harrison Experimental Forest, a protected area a short drive away, offers woodland to walk through. Choctaw Creek, also a short drive away, is a river for those who enjoy being near the water.
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- 6,705households
- 39.5median age
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What people in Stone County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Stone County had 5,061 jobs in 2025, 5.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 41°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 72°. About 71 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Saucier Experiment Forest weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Stone County
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegeTwo-year college841
- Stone CO School DistSchool district383FTE
- Hood IndustriesPlywood, softwood, manufacturing352
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters253
- BiOrigin Specialty Products-WigginsPaper stock for conversion into paper products manufacturing99
- Anduril Industries Inc. - Rocket Motor SystemsRocket engines, guided missile, manufacturing92
- Carpenter's Pole & PilingPoles, wood, treating76
- Desoto Treated MaterialsPilings, wood, treating59
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,004 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) 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
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Stone County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Stone County and the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro.
Perkinston home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Perkinston$224,721
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Perkinston listings — 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.
- Perkinston24.26%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Perkinston33
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Perkinston10
Zip codes with a Perkinston address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Perkinston — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.