Scores by category

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

Safety31#10,834/15,637
Economy37#9,902/15,631
Housing53#7,032/14,977
Health26#11,576/15,609
Healthcare15#13,253/15,650
Environment62#5,910/15,453
Education64#5,579/15,649
Infrastructure19#12,682/15,650
Community6#14,734/15,651
Leisure & amenities63#5,807/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Mississippi 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Mississippi 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAlcorn County value
Math scores · high3.32
85/100Mississippi 3.11United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAlcorn County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.365
85/100Mississippi 0.482United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Home price to income ratio · low2.3×
85/100Mississippi 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · low11.9×
84/100Mississippi 13.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAlcorn County value

Weaknesses

Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAlcorn County value
Child poverty rate · high21.6%
4/100Mississippi 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Traffic deaths · high32.6 /100k
6/100Mississippi 25.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataAlcorn County value
Food environment index · low6.3
6/100Mississippi 4.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAlcorn County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Mississippi 14.0United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAlcorn County value
Average weekly wage · low$926
8/100Mississippi $1,024United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAlcorn County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.1% (2015-2019) → 88.8% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.6% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
87.0% (2015-2019) → 95.2% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$40,984 (2015-2019) → $57,151 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.4% (2015-2019) → 41.8% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
5.2% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Farmington, Mississippi improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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+16 points73.1% → 88.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Farmington, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	19.5 min2020-2024	−4.1 min	Within the margin of error	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%2015-2019	21.6%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Broadband subscriptions	73.1%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Effective property tax rate	0.53%2015-2019	0.57%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
High school diploma or higher	87.0%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4202015-2019	0.3652020-2024	−0.056	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$40,9842015-2019	$57,1512020-2024	+39%	Within the margin of error	73%
Poverty rate	9.8%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.0%2015-2019	15.4%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	22%

“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 Farmington, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Farmington, 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, Farmington, Mississippi itself moved +17.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

2,312 residents (±479)

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: 50–59 women (+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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,312 residents (±479)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White90%2,088
Black6.4%†148
Hispanic or Latino0.6%†13

Education

1,518 residents (±293)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma4.8%†73
High school or GED38%580
Some college22%†333

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

824 households (±189)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k18%†147
$25k–50k25%†205
$50k–75k16%†132
$75k–100k16%†128
$100k–150k20%†165
$150k–200k5.7%†47
$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

824 households (±189)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own77%634
Rent23%†190

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+13.9 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

122 households (±61)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $75036%†44
$750–1,00047%†57
$1,000–1,50017%†

Home values

634 homes (±170)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k57%†362
$150k–250k34%†214
$250k–400k7.6%†

Age of homes

909 homes (±187)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later4.0%†36
2000–20097.0%†64
1980–199938%†346

Size of homes

909 homes (±187)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio3.4%†31
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms8.8%†80

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

1,045 workers (±310)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone90%†945
Carpool6.8%†71
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.8%†29
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

1,016 workers (±310)

Farmington, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min24%†244
15–29 min58%†589
30–44 min13%†

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 Corinth, 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 Alcorn County, the county holding most of Farmington's residents.

Alcorn County has 766 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Mississippi's), with 10,564 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,620. The Census Bureau also counts 2,703 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 766; 2,703 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 10,564
Average annual pay: $42,620; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	76	22.3	1.07×About typical	698	$56,032	99
Restaurants and other eating places	64	18.8	1.02×About typical	1,095	$18,259	19
Religious organizations	34	10	1.80×More than typical	208	$23,471	—
Full-service restaurants	29	8.5	1.11×About typical	469	$20,380	12
Offices of physicians	28	8.2	1.27×More than typical	206	$64,743	23
Specialty trade contractors	27	7.9	0.51×Fewer than typical	169	$53,053	202
Limited-service restaurants	26	7.6	0.95×About typical	587	$16,555	5
Offices of other health practitioners	24	7	1.16×About typical	157	$45,522	27
Gasoline stations	23	6.7	2.08×More than typical	146	$23,363	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	6.2	1.22×About typical	120	$37,350	64
Clothing and accessories stores	21	6.2	1.70×More than typical	150	$18,280	49
Insurance agencies and brokerages	21	6.2	1.40×More than typical	57	$63,175	74

Rank places for an industry Open Alcorn County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,109 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 $33.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Farmington, Mississippi: $14.50 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $33.5K; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $14.50; US $1,995
Sole-source: 74%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.7%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$33.3K99%
National Park Service$2250.7%

Top recipients

YELLOWSTONE ENTERPRISES LLC$30K89%
ALCORN COUNTY LTC, LLC$2,7798.3%
POLYGUARD LLC$5461.6%
WADE INC$2250.7%
BICKERTS ORTHOTICS & PROSTHETICS, LLC-$23.650.0%

Spending by fiscal year

8.8KFY2017
14.9KFY2018
15KFY2019
34.7KFY2020
21.4KFY2021
38.3KFY2022
102.2KFY2023
34.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$30K89%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$2,7798.3%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$5461.6%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$2250.7%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Farmington, Mississippi, so they do not add up across cities.

Farmington, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Alcorn County, MS ($1.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.9% of that total.

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

See federal money in Alcorn 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.

Farmington, 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.

Alcorn County27100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Corinth, MS21

Other cities and towns in Alcorn 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
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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