Sardis, Mississippi.
Typical home $156,708 (-1.4% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$391 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $2,200 -1%
- $158,908$156,708 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $2,215 +1%
- $154,494$156,708 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.
- Sardis$823
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Sardis, MS fell 1.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sardis, Panola County, Mississippi
Sardis is a town of 1,748 people in Panola County. 59% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 41% are rented. Unemployment in Panola County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sardis is a small town in Panola County, Mississippi, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Poverty is more common here than in most places, and few adults hold a four-year degree. The typical commute is a moderate drive, and only a small number of people work from home. Winters are cool with little or no snow, summers are hot, and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, and in professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces across Panola County are the South Panola School District, Integrated Manufacturing Batesville and Walmart. Unemployment in the county is lower than it was a year ago, and the county has gained jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Sardis Lake, a reservoir, is a short drive away, as is John W. Kyle State Park, a protected area. Batesville Mounds, an archaeological site, is also a short drive away. Enid Lake, another reservoir, is a longer drive.
Report a mistake
- 975households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 41%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Panola County had 10,737 jobs in 2025, 3.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 51° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 72°. About 58 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sardis Dam weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Panola County
- South Panola School DistrictSchool district721FTE
- Statewide Healthcare ServicesHomemaker's service for elderly or disabled persons, non-medical349
- Integrated Manufacturing Batesville315
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters292
- United Comb & NoveltyPails, plastics, manufacturing235
- North Panola School DistrictSchool district216FTE
- Associated Steel GroupPrefabricated buildings, metal, manufacturing210
- Foodservice Batesville199
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 25 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,957 people in all across the county; Sardis has one of its own. School districts come 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sardis’ census tracts, 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 Panola County.
Sardis home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sardis$156,708
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Sardis 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.
- Sardis25.33%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sardis19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Sardis5
Zip codes with a Sardis address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sardis — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.