Scores by category

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

Safety60#6,176/15,637
Economy47#8,300/15,631
Housing37#9,455/14,977
Health71#4,505/15,609
Healthcare57#6,763/15,650
Environment12#13,615/15,453
Education89#1,777/15,649
Infrastructure64#5,680/15,650
Community20#12,448/15,651
Leisure & amenities35#10,241/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Distance to an airport · low7 mi
99/100Mississippi 60 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauRankin County value
Violent crime rate · low63 /100k
95/100Mississippi 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRankin County value
Child care cost burden · low20.9%
92/100Mississippi 25.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRankin County value
Property crime rate · low447 /100k
92/100Mississippi 1,264 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRankin County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low115 min
90/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRankin County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high55.0%
89/100Mississippi 25.1%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high29.5%
3/100Mississippi 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Hospital quality rating · low1.5
3/100Mississippi 2.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRankin County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
7/100Mississippi 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRankin County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
8/100Mississippi 8.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRankin County value
Firearm deaths · high23.1 /100k
9/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRankin County value
Homicide rate · high8.1 /100k
13/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRankin County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
9,030 (2015-2019) → 10,587 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
31.4% (2015-2019) → 52.6% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
12.2% (2015-2019) → 29.5% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
46.1% (2015-2019) → 55.0% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 4.1× (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
New homes permittedWorsening
7.9 /1k (2021) → 4.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−40%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

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, Flowood, Mississippi improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 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.

Improved2

Bachelor's++8.9 points46.1% → 55.0%
Household income+29%$65,191 → $83,880

Declined3

Child poverty+17 points12.2% → 29.5%
Rent burden+21 points31.4% → 52.6%
Price / income+1.2×2.9× → 4.1×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Flowood, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.3 min2015-2019	21.5 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Within the margin of error	45%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%2015-2019	55.0%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	87%
Broadband subscriptions	89.1%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Child poverty rate	12.2%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+17 points	Declined	6%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
High school diploma or higher	93.7%2015-2019	96.1%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	16%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4352020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$65,1912015-2019	$83,8802020-2024	+29%	Improved	52%
Poverty rate	13.0%2015-2019	13.4%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.8%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent-burdened households	31.4%2015-2019	52.6%2020-2024	+21 points	Declined	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.4%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%

“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 Flowood, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Flowood, 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, Flowood, Mississippi itself moved −8.6 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

10,587 residents (±42)

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: 30–39 men (−4.0 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

10,587 residents (±42)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White71%7,516
Black17%†1,805
Hispanic or Latino3.9%†414
Asian3.7%†388
American Indian and Alaska Native0.6%†68
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†11
Other or two or more races3.6%†385

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (−14.1 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

7,505 residents (±575)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma3.9%†290
High school or GED11%821
Some college21%†1,565
Associate degree9.3%†701
Bachelor's degree33%2,510
Graduate degree22%1,618

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+8.2 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 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

4,684 households (±358)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k16%†739
$25k–50k14%†658
$50k–75k11%†517
$75k–100k16%†758
$100k–150k22%†1,045
$150k–200k9.7%†456
$200k or more11%511

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−15.2 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

4,684 households (±358)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own54%2,540
Rent46%2,144

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

2,110 households (±308)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $7509.0%†190
$750–1,0006.1%†129
$1,000–1,50044%†

Home values

2,540 homes (±397)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k5.3%†135
$150k–250k21%†534
$250k–400k37%950

Age of homes

4,929 homes (±352)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later31%1,526
2000–200922%1,098
1980–199936%1,792

Size of homes

4,929 homes (±352)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio0.8%†37
1 bedroom14%†671
2 bedrooms28%1,377

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

5,459 workers (±598)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone78%4,266
Carpool9.7%†532
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.3%†126
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.8%†535
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.6 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

4,924 workers (±619)

Flowood, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min22%1,078
15–29 min47%2,323
30–44 min25%†1,210

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 Jackson, 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 Rankin County, the county holding most of Flowood's residents.

Rankin County has 4,083 employer establishments, 255 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248; 1.24× Mississippi's), with 62,811 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,472. The Census Bureau also counts 15,241 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,083; 15,241 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 255; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 62,811
Average annual pay: $50,472; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	372	23.2	1.11×About typical	4,796	$61,698	699
Restaurants and other eating places	326	20.4	1.11×About typical	6,898	$18,686	68
Specialty trade contractors	304	19	1.23×About typical	2,143	$64,316	1,365
Limited-service restaurants	186	11.6	1.45×More than typical	4,008	$17,997	23
Services to buildings and dwellings	163	10.2	1.51×More than typical	1,473	$24,418	1,230
Lessors of real estate	159	9.9	0.81×About typical	453	$50,095	1,309
Building equipment contractors	132	8.2	1.37×More than typical	1,109	$66,933	259
Offices of physicians	129	8.1	1.24×About typical	1,962	$78,957	132
Religious organizations	116	7.2	1.31×More than typical	988	$24,288	—
Construction of buildings	104	6.5	0.86×About typical	549	$58,964	553
Clothing and accessories stores	101	6.3	1.74×More than typical	1,084	$18,396	213
Automotive repair and maintenance	99	6.2	1.23×About typical	696	$52,280	236

Rank places for an industry Open Rankin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 160,145 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 $3.9M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Flowood, Mississippi: $373 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.9M; −86% vs FY2025
Per resident: $373; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 28%; 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 the Army$2.9M73%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$693K18%
Department of Veterans Affairs$304.3K7.7%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$55.1K1.4%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$31.4K0.8%
Environmental Protection Agency$18.5K0.5%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$17.5K0.4%
Federal Emergency Management Agency$1,7510.0%

Top recipients

LEIDOS, INC.$1.1M28%
V LINE SERVICES L.L.C.$874.3K22%
MAYRANT & ASSOCIATES, LLC$698.1K18%
GLOBAL SECTOR SERVICES INC$692.8K18%
MISSISSIPPI BLOOD SERVICES, INC.$304.3K7.7%

Spending by fiscal year

13.7MFY2017
9.5MFY2018
11.4MFY2019
7.9MFY2020
8.1MFY2021
6.6MFY2022
5.7MFY2023
3.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.6M40%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.1M28%
Investigation and security services · 5616$622.3K16%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$304.3K7.7%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$215.9K5.5%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Flowood, Mississippi

LRXQ109002 CONSTRUCT NEW FIRE STA.$16.5M
V LINE SERVICES L.L.C.· Rankin County, MS· Construction & real property· Nov 27, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· W50S7H25C0002
BASE BID FOR LRXQ172402 RENOVATE B180$9M
MAYRANT & ASSOCIATES, LLC· Rankin County, MS· Construction & real property· Nov 1, 2024 – Jan 12, 2026· W50S7H25C0001
EPAS ASSESSMENTS FOR ARNG MS, NM, OH, MA, ID AND MD$1.1M
LEIDOS, INC.· Rankin County, MS· Construction & real property· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· W9127826FA066
DES CONTRACT - SONFORD PRODUCTS OU2

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 Flowood, Mississippi, so they do not add up across cities.

Flowood, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Rankin County, MS ($4.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 87% of that total.

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

See federal money in Rankin 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.

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

House

Michael GuestR-MS-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.3%

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.

Rankin County69100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Jackson, MS29

Other cities and towns in Rankin 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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