Scores by category

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

Safety7#14,594/15,637
Economy15#13,310/15,631
Housing74#3,861/14,977
Health15#13,201/15,609
Healthcare2#15,300/15,650
Environment13#13,393/15,453
Education2#15,367/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,891/15,650
Community9#14,257/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,268/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high6.9%
99/100Mississippi -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataTallahatchie County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.25%
98/100Mississippi 0.58%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · low99 min
96/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTallahatchie County value
Social associations · high16.9 /10k
95/100Mississippi 12.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTallahatchie County value
Depression · low16.0%
95/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
95/100Mississippi 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Homicide rate · high33.4 /100k
0/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataTallahatchie County value
Food environment index · low3.9
0/100Mississippi 4.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTallahatchie County value
Firearm deaths · high37.7 /100k
1/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataTallahatchie County value
Primary care shortage · high21.0
1/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTallahatchie County value
Primary care physicians · low8 /100k
1/100Mississippi 56 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTallahatchie County value
Physical inactivity · high44.2%
1/100Mississippi 35.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,448 (2015-2019) → 2,073 (2020-2024)
−40%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.7 /1k (2021) → 3.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+405%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High school diploma or higherImproving
48.6% (2015-2019) → 78.8% (2020-2024)
+30 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
18.2 min (2015-2019) → 32.4 min (2020-2024)
+78%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
53.6% (2015-2019) → 39.0% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
21.9% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Tutwiler, Mississippi improved on 2 of 6 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 4 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

High school++30 points48.6% → 78.8%
Poverty−13 points21.9% → 9.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 6 measures

Change of every measure of Tutwiler, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
High school diploma or higher	48.6%2015-2019	78.8%2020-2024	+30 points	Improved	100%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4012015-2019	0.3362020-2024	−0.064	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$30,5212015-2019	$34,0732020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Poverty rate	21.9%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	96%
Rent as share of income	30.9%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%

“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 Tutwiler, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tutwiler, 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.

No place that looked like Tutwiler, Mississippi five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Tutwiler, Mississippi itself moved +15.3 points in standing on average over the same 5 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

2,073 residents (±330)

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: 20–29 men (−24.8 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

2,073 residents (±330)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White9.1%†189
Black87%1,807
Hispanic or Latino3.4%†70

Education

1,597 residents (±246)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma21%†339
High school or GED30%473
Some college32%†505

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

589 households (±141)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k14%†82
$25k–50k48%†284
$50k–75k20%†117
$75k–100k12%†69
$100k–150k5.9%†35
$150k–200k0.3%†2
$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

589 households (±141)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own36%†210
Rent64%†379

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (+42.1 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

374 households (±140)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $75045%†167
$750–1,00033%†124
$1,000–1,50022%†83

Home values

210 homes (±69)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k98%†206
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k1.9%†4

Age of homes

661 homes (±141)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later4.5%†30
2000–20091.1%†7
1980–199921%†136

Size of homes

661 homes (±141)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio3.8%†25
1 bedroom1.7%†11
2 bedrooms20%†129

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

553 workers (±174)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone73%†402
Carpool21%†114
Public transit1.3%†7
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.4%†30
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

523 workers (±175)

Tutwiler, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min24%†125
15–29 min29%†154
30–44 min16%†

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 Tallahatchie County, the county holding most of Tutwiler's residents.

Tallahatchie County has 152 employer establishments, 132 for every 10,000 residents (0.53× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Mississippi's), with 1,407 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,701. The Census Bureau also counts 894 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 152; 894 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 132; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 1,407
Average annual pay: $44,701; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	17	14.8	2.67×More than typical	33	$20,394	—
Gasoline stations	13	11.3	3.49×More than typical	74	$23,311	—
Lessors of real estate	7	6.1	0.50×Too few to compare	24	$7,750	29
Restaurants and other eating places	7	6.1	0.33×Too few to compare	64	$12,172	5
Truck transportation	6	5.2	1.03×Too few to compare	16	$29,250	69
Ambulatory health care services	5	4.4	0.21×Too few to compare	35	$40,114	34
Child day care services	5	4.4	1.79×Too few to compare	71	$21,155	37
Grocery and convenience stores	5	4.4	1.47×Too few to compare	32	$16,688	—
Limited-service restaurants	4	3.5	0.43×Too few to compare	55	$10,855	4
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	2.6	0.64×Too few to compare	11	$62,727	12
Automotive repair and maintenance	3	2.6	0.52×Too few to compare	54	$27,574	25
Banks and credit unions	3	2.6	0.81×Too few to compare	11	$45,000	—

Rank places for an industry Open Tallahatchie County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,476 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 Tutwiler, Mississippi: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
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

Spending by fiscal year

1.2KFY2018
625.7FY2019
315.5FY2020
0FY2021

What was bought

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

Tutwiler, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Tallahatchie County, MS ($5.3M 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: Tutwiler is mostly in Tallahatchie County.

See federal money in Tallahatchie 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.

Tutwiler, 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.

Tallahatchie County4100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Tallahatchie 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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