City · Sunflower County, Mississippi

Drew, Mississippi

Drew is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi. It has 2,132 residents. Drew, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 0 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,642 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Mississippi it ranks #194 of 194 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), depression (low) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), firearm deaths (high) and adult obesity (high).

0Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,642 of 15,651 cities and towns
Mississippi: #194 of 194 in MS
Population: 2,132 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,900.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2820020

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety0#15,601/15,637
Economy1#15,489/15,631
Housing24#11,338/14,977
Health8#14,437/15,609
Healthcare1#15,524/15,650
Environment14#13,277/15,453
Education25#11,680/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,440/15,650
Community4#15,035/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,520/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Drew, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Sunflower 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

Public libraries · high2.2 /10k
92/100Mississippi 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSunflower County value
Depression · low19.0%
87/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
New business applications · high16.9 /1k
78/100Mississippi 17.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSunflower County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Mississippi 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySunflower County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.66%
73/100Mississippi 0.58%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Home price to income ratio · low2.8×
70/100Mississippi 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low67.8%
0/100Mississippi 84.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Firearm deaths · high57.2 /100k
0/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionSunflower County value
Adult obesity · high53.0%
0/100Mississippi 42.6%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high49.3%
0/100Mississippi 35.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food environment index · low4.2
0/100Mississippi 4.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSunflower County value
Voter turnout · low42.0%
1/100Mississippi 55.1%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionSunflower County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
50.1% (2015-2019) → 73.2% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
52.8% (2015-2019) → 67.8% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
78.8% (2015-2019) → 65.7% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
42.7% (2015-2019) → 34.6% (2020-2024)
−8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
30.1% (2015-2019) → 37.9% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.3% (2015-2019) → 13.1% (2020-2024)
−6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Drew, Mississippi improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 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.

Improved1

Broadband+15 points52.8% → 67.8%

Declined2

Rent burden+23 points50.1% → 73.2%
Rent / income+7.8 points30.1% → 37.9%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Drew, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.7 min2015-2019	22.4 min2020-2024	−3.3 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	52.8%2015-2019	67.8%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	79%
Child poverty rate	59.2%2015-2019	53.2%2020-2024	−6 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.66%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	68%
High school diploma or higher	78.8%2015-2019	65.7%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	57%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4562015-2019	0.4302020-2024	−0.026	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$25,3962015-2019	$23,9732020-2024	−5.6%	Within the margin of error	4%
Poverty rate	42.7%2015-2019	34.6%2020-2024	−8.1 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent as share of income	30.1%2015-2019	37.9%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Declined	13%
Rent-burdened households	50.1%2015-2019	73.2%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.3%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	90%

“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 Drew, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Drew, 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, Drew, Mississippi itself moved −2.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,132 residents (±423)

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 men (−6.3 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

2,132 residents (±423)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White14%†304
Black77%1,643
Hispanic or Latino7.6%†161

Education

1,419 residents (±329)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma34%†487
High school or GED25%†350
Some college20%285

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

828 households (±172)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k54%†444
$25k–50k23%†189
$50k–75k9.5%†79
$75k–100k11%†92
$100k–150k1.9%†16
$150k–200k1.0%†8
$200k or more0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+6.7 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 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

828 households (±172)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own44%365
Rent56%†463

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

435 households (±150)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $75054%†236
$750–1,00030%†132
$1,000–1,50011%†50

Home values

365 homes (±86)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k94%344
$150k–250k5.8%†21
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

956 homes (±176)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later1.7%†16
2000–20093.9%†37
1980–199931%†300

Size of homes

956 homes (±176)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio8.2%†78
1 bedroom3.0%†29
2 bedrooms26%†245

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

758 workers (±199)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone77%584
Carpool16%†119
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.7%†5
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.3%†40
Other1.3%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.8 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

718 workers (±199)

Drew, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min48%†348
15–29 min21%†153
30–44 min17%†124

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

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 Sunflower County, the county holding most of Drew's residents.

Sunflower County has 406 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Mississippi's), with 6,028 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,351. The Census Bureau also counts 2,093 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 406; 2,093 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 6,028
Average annual pay: $40,351; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	28	11.7	0.64×Fewer than typical	431	$15,213	15
Ambulatory health care services	26	10.9	0.52×Fewer than typical	245	$66,535	164
Religious organizations	24	10.1	1.81×More than typical	121	$14,760	—
Truck transportation	21	8.8	1.74×More than typical	240	$63,254	110
Gasoline stations	19	8	2.46×More than typical	278	$24,442	—
Limited-service restaurants	18	7.5	0.94×About typical	338	$13,607	7
Specialty trade contractors	16	6.7	0.43×Fewer than typical	38	$37,553	99
Banks and credit unions	15	6.3	1.95×More than typical	141	$58,142	—
General merchandise stores	12	5	2.85×More than typical	284	$29,394	6
Individual and family services	11	4.6	1.65×More than typical	597	$27,789	23
Insurance agencies and brokerages	10	4.2	0.95×About typical	28	$40,679	37
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	9	3.8	2.16×Too few to compare	50	$34,880	4

Rank places for an industry Open Sunflower County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 23,858 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Sunflower 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.

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

House

Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.9%

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.

Sunflower County0100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Sunflower 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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