Scores by category

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

Safety86#2,181/15,637
Economy5#14,772/15,631
Housing56#6,549/14,977
Health16#13,073/15,609
Healthcare13#13,580/15,650
Environment69#4,722/15,453
Education45#8,573/15,649
Infrastructure24#11,905/15,650
Community21#12,396/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,233/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Mississippi 16.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWebster County value
Pharmacies · high3.9 /10k
99/100Mississippi 2.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWebster County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low83 min
99/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWebster County value
Grocery stores · high3.9 /10k
98/100Mississippi 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWebster County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low8.0%
0/100Mississippi 58.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWebster County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Mississippi 3.1 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value
Average weekly wage · low$813
1/100Mississippi $1,024United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value
Life expectancy · low68.6 yrs
1/100Mississippi 72.5 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWebster County value
Unemployment rate · high18.8%
1/100Mississippi 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWebster County value

Trends

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

Median household incomeImproving
$24,559 (2015-2019) → $53,793 (2020-2024)
+119%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.5% (2015-2019) → 92.1% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
57.9% (2015-2019) → 36.5% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
43.4% (2015-2019) → 23.0% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.5 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
57.3% (2015-2019) → 43.3% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Eupora, Mississippi improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved5

Household income+119%$24,559 → $53,793
Poverty−20 points43.4% → 23.0%
Child poverty−21 points57.9% → 36.5%
Inequality−0.0960.540 → 0.444
Broadband+22 points70.5% → 92.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Eupora, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.1 min2015-2019	20.8 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	70.5%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	92%
Child poverty rate	57.9%2015-2019	36.5%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	95%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.50%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
High school diploma or higher	75.5%2015-2019	79.2%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5402015-2019	0.4442020-2024	−0.096	Improved	95%
Median household income	$24,5592015-2019	$53,7932020-2024	+119%	Improved	99%
Poverty rate	43.4%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	99%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	38.7%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Rent-burdened households	57.3%2015-2019	43.3%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Unemployment rate	13.6%2015-2019	18.8%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	73%

“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 Eupora, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Eupora, 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, Eupora, Mississippi itself moved +21.6 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

2,250 residents (±392)

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: Under 10 men (−10.5 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

2,250 residents (±392)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White56%1,255
Black41%926
Hispanic or Latino0.1%†2

Education

1,595 residents (±243)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma21%†332
High school or GED37%590
Some college14%†231

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

894 households (±151)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k30%†272
$25k–50k16%†143
$50k–75k18%†162
$75k–100k9.6%†86
$100k–150k21%†192
$150k–200k1.8%†16
$200k or more2.6%†23

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−19.9 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

894 households (±151)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own57%513
Rent43%†381

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

314 households (±110)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $75091%†287
$750–1,0008.6%†27
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

513 homes (±121)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k65%†334
$150k–250k13%†66
$250k–400k13%†68

Age of homes

1,046 homes (±140)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later1.8%†19
2000–20097.6%†80
1980–199943%452

Size of homes

1,046 homes (±140)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio1.0%†10
1 bedroom2.3%†24
2 bedrooms26%†273

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

627 workers (±195)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone83%†523
Carpool3.5%†22
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.0%†25
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.1%†51
Other1.0%†6

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

576 workers (±179)

Eupora, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min59%†340
15–29 min14%†80
30–44 min23%†131

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 Starkville, MS

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 Webster County, the county holding most of Eupora's residents.

Webster County has 167 employer establishments, 167 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Mississippi's), with 1,712 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,248. The Census Bureau also counts 912 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 167; 912 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 167; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 1,712
Average annual pay: $37,248; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	14	14	2.53×More than typical	47	$18,128	—
Restaurants and other eating places	13	13	0.71×Fewer than typical	178	$16,135	5
Specialty trade contractors	10	10	0.65×Fewer than typical	64	$50,422	113
Truck transportation	10	10	1.98×More than typical	24	$46,083	36
Ambulatory health care services	8	8	0.38×Too few to compare	120	$29,442	49
Gasoline stations	8	8	2.47×Too few to compare	34	$26,559	—
Limited-service restaurants	6	6	0.75×Too few to compare	116	$16,672	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	5	0.99×Too few to compare	12	$28,750	22
Banks and credit unions	5	5	1.55×Too few to compare	27	$53,593	—
Full-service restaurants	5	5	0.65×Too few to compare	59	$15,017	3
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	5	1.14×Too few to compare	21	$20,857	18
Building equipment contractors	4	4	0.67×Too few to compare	27	$60,630	25

Rank places for an industry Open Webster County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,990 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 Eupora, Mississippi: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
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

BELINDA STEWART ARCHITECTS, PA$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.3KFY2020
1.3KFY2021
54.2KFY2024
83.7FY2025
0FY2026

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Eupora, Mississippi, so they do not add up across cities.

Eupora, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Webster County, MS ($865K 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: Eupora is mostly in Webster County.

See federal money in Webster 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.

Eupora, 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.

Webster County32100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Starkville, MS30

Other cities and towns in Webster 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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