Picayune, Mississippi.
Typical home $192,131 (+1.6% in a year), asking rent $1,200 . Picayune, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$501 (+99%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,994 +2%
- $189,137$192,131 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $30,699 +19%
- $161,432$192,131 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.
- Picayune$1,008
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Picayune, MS rose 1.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi
Picayune is a city of 11,885 people in Pearl River County. Half its households earn more than $41,213 a year and half less, against $58,135 across Pearl River County; 21% of its people live below the poverty line. 59% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 41% are rented. Unemployment in Pearl River County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Picayune is a small city in Pearl River County, Mississippi. Residents are somewhat older than in most places, and incomes run well below the county's as a whole. A majority of homes are lived in by their owners, and relatively few adults have a four-year degree. Winters are mild and almost never bring snow, summers are hot, and rain falls plentifully through the year.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, professional and business services, and other services. Walmart, Highland Community Hospital and Avon Engineered Fabrications are among the largest workplaces in Picayune. The typical commute is a long one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. The Crosby Arboretum, a botanical garden, is in or beside town. A short drive away are the Bogue Chitto River and the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge, which suit paddling, fishing and watching wildlife. The Pearl River Wildlife Management Area, also a short drive away, is another protected area for time outdoors.
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- 4,544households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pearl River County had 11,726 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°. About 67 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Picayune weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Picayune
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters480
- Highland Community HospitalGeneral hospital225FTE
- Bedford Care Center of PicayuneNursing homes205
- Picayune Rehabilitation and Healthcare CenterSkilled nursing facilities94
- Avon Engineered FabricationsRubber goods, mechanical, manufacturing43
- Coast Electric Power AssociationDistribution of electric power39
- Tractor Supply Company StoreGeneral merchandise stores21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 882 people in all. Hospitals come 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 high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Picayune’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 Pearl River County and the Picayune, MS metro.
Picayune home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Picayune$192,131
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Picayune listings, and the typical home goes pending in 40 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.
- Picayune25.65%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Picayune40
- United States21
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Picayune114
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Picayune29
Zip codes with a Picayune address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Picayune — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.