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Philipp, Mississippi.

. Greenwood, MS metro.

What it costs per month · Philipp $1,021/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$483 (+90%) since Jan 2020.

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Mississippi $1,021 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Mississippi$1,021
  • United States$1,922

Living in Philipp, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

The Census does not count Philipp on its own, so the figures here are Tallahatchie County's. Half the county's households earn more than $37,466 a year and half less; 25% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 64% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Tallahatchie County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Tallahatchie County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 12,000 about, in Tallahatchie County: the Census does not count Philipp on its own
Household income $37,466 the median in Tallahatchie County, give or take $5,737
Unemployment 2.8% Tallahatchie County, August 2026; 3.5% a year before
Homes 64% lived in by their owners; 36% rented

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Philipp is a small town in Tallahatchie County, in the Mississippi Delta region of northwestern Mississippi. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population is spread across farmland and small communities. Winters are mild, summers are hot, and rain falls heavily through the year, while snow is very rare.

Work. Across the county, household incomes are lower than the national typical, and a larger share of people live in poverty than in most of the country. Unemployment is low and has fallen over the past year, and the number of jobs has grown. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, manufacturing, shops, or farming, forestry and mining, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in most of the country. Few people work from home, so most travel to a workplace each day.

Things to do. Tippo Bayou, a river in or beside town, is the closest natural spot to visit. The Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area a short drive away, offers a quiet place to walk and see wildlife. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, also a short drive away, is a national monument that honors Emmett Till and his mother.

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  • 4,306households
  • 39.7median age
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 25%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in Tallahatchie County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Manufacturing21%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Farming, forestry and mining7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities6%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Tallahatchie County had 2,798 jobs in 2025, 2.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 36°; warmest in July, 92° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 53° 36° F M A M J J 92° 73° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 36°; warmest in July, 92° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 53° 36° F M A M J J 92° 73° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 73°. About 1 inches of snow and 61 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Minter City weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Tallahatchie County

  1. Tallahatchie Critical Access HospitaCritical access hospital276FTE
  2. East Tallahatchie Consol SCH Dist SchoolsSchool district155FTE
  3. West Tallahatchie School DistrictSchool district114FTE
  4. Moss & AssociatesSolar power structure construction107

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 107 people in all. 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. DroughtRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Tallahatchie County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Tallahatchie County and the Greenwood, MS metro.

Philipp home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Zip codes with a Philipp address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Philipp — 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.