Scores by category

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

Safety11#13,934/15,637
Economy1#15,498/15,631
Housing37#9,416/14,977
Health14#13,360/15,609
Healthcare12#13,695/15,650
Environment62#5,915/15,453
Education24#11,843/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,934/15,650
Community12#13,699/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,099/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Social associations · high17.2 /10k
95/100Mississippi 12.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinston County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.39%
94/100Mississippi 0.58%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · low109 min
93/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWinston County value
Average commute time · low17.5 min
88/100Mississippi 25.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Mississippi 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinston County value
Depression · low19.8%
83/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high65.6%
0/100Mississippi 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Poverty rate · high39.3%
1/100Mississippi 17.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Restaurants and bars · low2.9 /10k
2/100Mississippi 7.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWinston County value
Lack of reliable transportation · high20.0%
2/100Mississippi 12.4%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high41.1%
2/100Mississippi 35.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food environment index · low5.4
2/100Mississippi 4.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinston County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
1.0 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
51.7% (2015-2019) → 65.6% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.3% (2015-2019) → 77.5% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.7× (2015-2019) → 3.7× (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeImproving
26.5 min (2015-2019) → 17.5 min (2020-2024)
−34%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
54.9% (2015-2019) → 49.2% (2020-2024)
−5.8 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, Louisville, 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 Louisville, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.5 min2015-2019	17.5 min2020-2024	−9.0 min	Within the margin of error	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%2015-2019	16.1%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Broadband subscriptions	69.3%2015-2019	77.5%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Child poverty rate	51.7%2015-2019	65.6%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.39%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
High school diploma or higher	80.7%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4992015-2019	0.5192020-2024	+0.021	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$31,2722015-2019	$36,9852020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	30%
Poverty rate	33.5%2015-2019	39.3%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent as share of income	31.8%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Rent-burdened households	54.9%2015-2019	49.2%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.3%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	59%

“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 Louisville, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Louisville, 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, Louisville, Mississippi itself moved +6.6 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

5,983 residents (±29)

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 men (+4.4 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

5,983 residents (±29)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White38%2,269
Black60%3,608
Hispanic or Latino0.2%†14

Education

3,964 residents (±285)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma14%†563
High school or GED45%1,764
Some college19%744

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

2,552 households (±199)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k37%949
$25k–50k22%†568
$50k–75k15%†380
$75k–100k14%†351
$100k–150k8.9%†226
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more3.1%†78

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

2,552 households (±199)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own62%1,581
Rent38%971

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

842 households (±191)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $75070%†593
$750–1,00030%†249
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

1,581 homes (±212)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k53%842
$150k–250k31%†487
$250k–400k12%†187

Age of homes

2,723 homes (±197)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later4.7%†128
2000–200911%†309
1980–199915%†

Size of homes

2,723 homes (±197)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom6.0%†164
2 bedrooms23%†638

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

1,753 workers (±303)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone88%1,550
Carpool5.2%†92
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.1%†2
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.3%†57
Other3.0%†52

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+11.4 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

1,696 workers (±289)

Louisville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min47%†802
15–29 min31%†525
30–44 min13%†225

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 Winston County, the county holding most of Louisville's residents.

Winston County has 367 employer establishments, 210 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Mississippi's), with 5,518 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,965. The Census Bureau also counts 1,562 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 367; 1,562 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 210; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 5,518
Average annual pay: $49,965; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	30	17.2	3.09×More than typical	107	$19,196	—
Lessors of real estate	29	16.6	1.35×More than typical	113	$33,832	55
Restaurants and other eating places	25	14.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	518	$12,174	17
Ambulatory health care services	16	9.2	0.44×Fewer than typical	182	$44,549	117
Limited-service restaurants	15	8.6	1.07×About typical	449	$10,777	5
Specialty trade contractors	15	8.6	0.55×Fewer than typical	98	$48,724	118
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	6.9	1.36×More than typical	31	$35,710	29
Gasoline stations	12	6.9	2.12×More than typical	53	$17,585	3
Truck transportation	10	5.7	1.13×About typical	79	$47,063	47
Banks and credit unions	9	5.1	1.59×Too few to compare	47	$59,255	—
Building equipment contractors	9	5.1	0.86×Too few to compare	63	$52,984	25
General merchandise stores	8	4.6	2.59×Too few to compare	246	$27,346	5

Rank places for an industry Open Winston County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,486 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 $2.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Louisville, Mississippi: $461 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $2.8M; +79% vs FY2025
Per resident: $461; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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$2.7M99%
Defense Logistics Agency$40.3K1.5%

Top recipients

TAYLOR DEFENSE PRODUCTS, LLC$2.7M99%
POLO CUSTOM PRODUCTS, INC.$34.5K1.3%

Spending by fiscal year

6.5KFY2017
232.5KFY2018
385.2KFY2019
683.9KFY2020
414.1KFY2021
3.5MFY2022
1.7MFY2023
2MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$2.5M91%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$207.2K7.5%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$34.5K1.3%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$1,7190.1%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$8610.0%
Other textile product mills · 3149$591

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

Louisville, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Winston County, MS ($71.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 3.9% of that total.

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

See federal money in Winston 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.

Louisville, 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.

Winston County13100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Winston County

Largest first.

Noxapater471

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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