Mississippi State, MS Cost Of Living

Mississippi State cost of living index

In the event that the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used. Each cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. If the amount is below 100, it is lower than the national average. If the amount is above 100, it is higher than the national average.
Index	Mississippi State	Mississippi	National
Cost of living index	84	82	100
Index	Mississippi State	Mississippi	National
Goods & Services index	81	89	100
Groceries index	91	94	100
Health care index	93	91	100
Housing index	n/a	63	100
Transportation index	95	91	100
Utilities index	74	89	100

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The cost of living in Mississippi State is 3% higher than the Mississippi average.
The cost of living in Mississippi State is 16% lower than the national average.
The cost of housing in Mississippi State is equal to the national average.
Mississippi general sales tax is 37% higher than the national average.
Mississippi state income tax is 35% higher than the national average.

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Median Income & Debt-To-Income Ratio

Median Income	Per Year	Per Month	Max Budget (28% DTI)	Max Budget (36% DTI)
Owners	$0	$0	$0	$0
Renters	$0	$0	$0	$0

Mississippi Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Mississippi	7%	7.25%

Mississippi Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Mississippi	3%	5%

Goods & Services

Item	Mississippi State	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$13.89	$16.09	13.6%
Beauty Salon	$24.32	$37.33	34.9%
Toothpaste	$1.68	$2.45	31.5%
Shampoo	$0.74	$1.00	25.7%
Movie	$9.50	$10.28	7.6%
Bowling	$4.25	$4.93	13.8%

Groceries

Item	Mississippi State	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$3.48	$3.80	8.6%
Fried Chicken	$1.04	$1.40	25.5%
Milk	$1.98	$2.01	1.5%
Potatoes	$3.20	$3.01	6.3%
Pizza	$9.36	$9.89	5.3%
Beer	$7.99	$8.90	10.2%

Health Care

Item	Mississippi State	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$129.00	$102.16	26.3%
Doctor	$81.00	$108.36	25.2%
Dentist	$91.50	$92.53	1.1%
Ibuprofen	$8.18	$9.28	11.8%
Lipitor	$437.11	$425.82	2.7%

Housing

Item	Mississippi State	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$0.00	$184,700.00	100.0%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$840.45	$1,202.44	30.1%
Apartment Rent	$0.00	$949.00	100.0%

Transportation

Item	Mississippi State	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.03	$2.24	9.4%
Tire Balancing	$48.00	$46.29	3.7%

Utilities

Item	Mississippi State	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$128.77	$165.96	22.4%
Phone	$20.00	$28.68	30.3%

Although the cost of living data is updated regularly, this cost of living information is to be used as estimates only as prices can change on an ongoing basis.

Nearby cities with low cost of living

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Crawford, MS	499	70	-30%
Artesia, MS	367	70	-30%
Brooksville, MS	937	73	-27%
West Point, MS	11,042	75	-25%
Sturgis, MS	481	75	-25%
Mississippi State, MS	4,124	84	-16%

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Goulding, FL	4,122	84	-16%
Farmington, NH	4,122	108	8%
Millsboro, DE	4,121	100	0%
Lathrup Village, MI	4,127	100	0%
Woodruff, SC	4,127	87	-13%
Mississippi State, MS	4,124	84	-16%

Source: The Mississippi State, MS cost of living data displayed above is derived from the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) for 2017.

Mississippi State, MS Cost of Living