Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety0#15,587/15,637
Economy8#14,421/15,631
Housing57#6,457/14,977
Health5#14,752/15,609
Healthcare0#15,574/15,650
Environment42#9,006/15,453
Education5#14,821/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,180/15,650
Community1#15,483/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,554/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Byhalia, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marshall County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high62.3 /1k
99/100Mississippi 3.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Job growth · high6.5%
99/100Mississippi -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMarshall County value
New business applications · high19.5 /1k
88/100Mississippi 17.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMarshall County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Mississippi 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.57%
82/100Mississippi 0.58%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Depression · low21.0%
77/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Primary care shortage · high21.0
1/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMarshall County value
Traffic deaths · high52.4 /100k
1/100Mississippi 25.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataMarshall County value
Firearm deaths · high35.2 /100k
1/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMarshall County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Mississippi 14.0United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMarshall County value
Physical inactivity · high43.0%
1/100Mississippi 35.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · high57.7%
2/100Mississippi 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
1.8 /1k (2021) → 62.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+3,300%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
52.6% (2015-2019) → 81.3% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$28,008 (2015-2019) → $38,500 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
50.8% (2015-2019) → 57.7% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioImproving
4.7× (2015-2019) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
−26%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.0% (2015-2019) → 14.2% (2020-2024)
+3.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Byhalia, Mississippi improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Byhalia, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.0 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	52.6%2015-2019	81.3%2020-2024	+29 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Child poverty rate	50.8%2015-2019	57.7%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	16%
High school diploma or higher	69.9%2015-2019	73.0%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	4.7×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	−1.2×	Within the margin of error	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5112015-2019	0.4442020-2024	−0.067	Within the margin of error	90%
Median household income	$28,0082015-2019	$38,5002020-2024	+37%	Within the margin of error	70%
Poverty rate	33.0%2015-2019	34.9%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	48.1%2015-2019	45.7%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.2%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	70%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Byhalia, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Byhalia, Mississippi in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Byhalia, Mississippi itself moved +12.4 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,588 residents (±476)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (−8.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,588 residents (±476)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White42%†673
Black44%†703
Hispanic or Latino11%†169
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.7%†43

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

966 residents (±246)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma27%†261
High school or GED24%†236
Some college26%†253
Associate degree8.2%†79
Bachelor's degree11%†111
Graduate degree2.7%†26

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

630 households (±205)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k40%†250
$25k–50k25%†157
$50k–75k12%†74
$75k–100k9.0%†57
$100k–150k15%†92
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

630 households (±205)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own54%†343
Rent46%†287

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

267 households (±108)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $75065%†173
$750–1,00015%†40
$1,000–1,5009.4%†

Home values

343 homes (±174)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k60%†206
$150k–250k17%†59
$250k–400k13%†44

Age of homes

713 homes (±200)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later9.4%†67
2000–200914%†99
1980–199933%†236

Size of homes

713 homes (±200)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio3.1%†22
1 bedroom12%†82
2 bedrooms21%†147

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

458 workers (±190)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone84%†386
Carpool6.8%†31
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.0%†41
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

417 workers (±186)

Byhalia, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min34%†143
15–29 min37%†154
30–44 min17%†69

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Marshall County, the county holding most of Byhalia's residents.

Marshall County has 475 employer establishments, 139 for every 10,000 residents (0.56× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Mississippi's), with 7,708 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,286. The Census Bureau also counts 3,704 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 475; 3,704 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 139; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 7,708
Average annual pay: $53,286; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Marshall County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Gasoline stations	40	11.7	3.61×More than typical	258	$21,221	—
Specialty trade contractors	39	11.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	274	$56,522	544
Restaurants and other eating places	31	9.1	0.49×Fewer than typical	431	$17,733	20
Religious organizations	23	6.7	1.21×About typical	94	$19,649	—
Truck transportation	21	6.1	1.22×About typical	252	$67,754	212
Ambulatory health care services	19	5.6	0.27×Fewer than typical	179	$48,693	123
Building equipment contractors	18	5.3	0.88×About typical	184	$56,891	96
Lessors of real estate	16	4.7	0.38×Fewer than typical	39	$32,359	170
Limited-service restaurants	15	4.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	237	$18,633	7
General merchandise stores	14	4.1	2.32×More than typical	255	$28,482	10
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	13	3.8	1.15×About typical	153	$56,961	64
Warehousing and storage	13	3.8	5.96×More than typical	1,445	$71,319	—

Rank places for an industry Open Marshall County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,157 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Byhalia, Mississippi: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-22.1FY2017
-1.1KFY2018
0FY2019
3.4KFY2020
585.2FY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Byhalia, Mississippi, so they do not add up across cities.

Byhalia, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Marshall County, MS ($1.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Byhalia is mostly in Marshall County.

See federal money in Marshall County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Byhalia, Mississippi is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Trent KellyR-MS-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Marshall County0100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Memphis, TN-MS-AR15

Other cities and towns in Marshall County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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