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University, Mississippi.

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

Living in University, Lafayette County, Mississippi

University, in Lafayette County, had 4,696 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Lafayette County was 2.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lafayette County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,696 in the 2020 census; median age 19.1
Household income Too few homes in University for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.6% Lafayette County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes Too few homes in University for the Census survey to measure.
  • 14%work from home

What people in Lafayette County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care33%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment12%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Other services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lafayette County had 25,968 jobs in 2025, 2.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 52° and 31°; warmest in July, 91° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 52° 31° F M A M J J 91° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 52° and 31°; warmest in July, 91° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 52° 31° F M A M J J 91° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 70°. About 1 inches of snow and 61 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

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

Largest workplaces in Lafayette County

  1. University of MississippiUniversity or college12,939
  2. Baptist MEM Hospital North MissGeneral hospital974FTE
  3. Oxford School DistrictSchool district681FTE
  4. Lafayette CO School DistSchool district443FTE
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters403
  6. Aramark UNIV. OF MISSISSIPPIFood service contractors345
  7. Sodexo Live!Food service contractors263
  8. Kroger Delta KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores207

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 26 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,817 people in all across the county; University has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals 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. Cold wavesVery high
  2. TornadoesVery high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. EarthquakesRelatively high
  5. Heat wavesRelatively high
  6. Strong windRelatively high

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