City · Sharkey County, Mississippi

Rolling Fork, Mississippi

Rolling Fork is a city in Sharkey County, Mississippi. It has 2,038 residents. Rolling Fork, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 1 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,417 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Mississippi it ranks #167 of 194 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), suicide rate (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on premature death (high), life expectancy (low) and injury deaths (high).

1Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,417 of 15,651 cities and towns
Mississippi: #167 of 194 in MS
Population: 2,038 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,443.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2863560

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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#15,633/15,637
Economy3#15,088/15,631
Housing58#6,274/14,977
Health15#13,223/15,609
Healthcare1#15,422/15,650
Environment14#13,291/15,453
Education6#14,665/15,649
Infrastructure4#15,062/15,650
Community13#13,651/15,651
Leisure & amenities33#10,468/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Pharmacies · high6.5 /10k
100/100Mississippi 2.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSharkey County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Mississippi 16.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSharkey County value
Social associations · high24.0 /10k
99/100Mississippi 12.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSharkey County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Mississippi 14.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSharkey County value
Public libraries · high3.1 /10k
96/100Mississippi 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSharkey County value
Grocery stores · high3.2 /10k
95/100Mississippi 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSharkey County value

Weaknesses

Premature death · high24,641 /100k
0/100Mississippi 12,827 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSharkey County value
Life expectancy · low65.4 yrs
0/100Mississippi 72.5 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSharkey County value
Injury deaths · high232 /100k
0/100Mississippi 112 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSharkey County value
Homicide rate · high47.4 /100k
0/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataSharkey County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low1.2%
0/100Mississippi 58.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSharkey County value
Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100Mississippi 52 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSharkey County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
71.3% (2015-2019) → 22.9% (2020-2024)
−48 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.6% (2015-2019) → 18.1% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$26,996 (2015-2019) → $45,587 (2020-2024)
+69%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
20.6% (2015-2019) → 6.9% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
21.4% (2015-2019) → 9.7% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
36.5% (2015-2019) → 27.8% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Rolling Fork, Mississippi improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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

Rent / income−18 points35.6% → 18.1%
Household income+69%$26,996 → $45,587

Declined1

Bachelor's+−12 points21.4% → 9.7%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Rolling Fork, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.4 min2015-2019	18.9 min2020-2024	−2.5 min	Within the margin of error	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	−12 points	Declined	1%
Broadband subscriptions	62.1%2015-2019	55.0%2020-2024	−7.1 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Child poverty rate	36.5%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Effective property tax rate	1.16%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	81.1%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5052015-2019	0.4532020-2024	−0.052	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$26,9962015-2019	$45,5872020-2024	+69%	Improved	94%
Poverty rate	25.2%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent as share of income	35.6%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	−18 points	Improved	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	25.2%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	52%

“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 Rolling Fork, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rolling Fork, 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, Rolling Fork, Mississippi itself moved +14.6 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

2,038 residents (±287)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

691 households (±100)

Rolling Fork, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k30%†206
$25k–50k30%†205
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

691 households (±100)

Rolling Fork, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own62%427
Rent38%264

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

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

905 workers (±182)

Rolling Fork, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone68%614
Carpool20%†181
Public transit0.0%0

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 Sharkey County, the county holding most of Rolling Fork's residents.

Sharkey County has 95 employer establishments, 281 for every 10,000 residents (1.13× the US rate of 248; 1.37× Mississippi's), with 655 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,879. The Census Bureau also counts 351 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 95; 351 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 281; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 655
Average annual pay: $39,879; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	8	23.7	4.27×Too few to compare	31	$15,065	—
Ambulatory health care services	5	14.8	0.71×Too few to compare	55	$49,455	16
Lessors of real estate	5	14.8	1.20×Too few to compare	10	$14,300	41
Restaurants and other eating places	4	11.9	0.65×Too few to compare	37	$12,054	—
Truck transportation	4	11.9	2.34×Too few to compare	10	$40,200	28
Banks and credit unions	3	8.9	2.75×Too few to compare	38	$47,895	—
Gasoline stations	3	8.9	2.74×Too few to compare	31	$28,581	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	6
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Sharkey County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,375 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: Rolling Fork is mostly in Sharkey County.

See federal money in Sharkey 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.

Rolling Fork, 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.

Sharkey County2100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Sharkey 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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