City · Montgomery County, Mississippi

Winona, Mississippi

Winona is a city in Montgomery County, Mississippi, part of the Grenada, MS metro area. It has 4,183 residents. Winona, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 5 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,944 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Mississippi it ranks #130 of 194 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), public libraries (high) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on physical inactivity (high), flu vaccinations (low) and lack of reliable transportation (high).

5Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,944 of 15,651 cities and towns
Mississippi: #130 of 194 in MS
Population: 4,183 (2020-2024)
Land area: 14 mi²
Density: 309.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 2880760

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety36#10,075/15,637
Economy2#15,348/15,631
Housing16#12,560/14,977
Health9#14,173/15,609
Healthcare8#14,422/15,650
Environment39#9,363/15,453
Education20#12,517/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,245/15,650
Community12#13,751/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,400/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Mississippi 16.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMontgomery County value
Public libraries · high3.2 /10k
96/100Mississippi 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMontgomery County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low105 min
94/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMontgomery County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Average commute time · low17.5 min
88/100Mississippi 25.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public EV charging ports · high11.8 /10k
86/100Mississippi 2.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMontgomery County value

Weaknesses

Physical inactivity · high45.1%
1/100Mississippi 35.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Flu vaccinations · low20.0%
1/100Mississippi 38.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Lack of reliable transportation · high21.5%
1/100Mississippi 12.4%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · high48.4%
1/100Mississippi 42.6%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · low76.9%
2/100Mississippi 84.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Premature death · high17,878 /100k
2/100Mississippi 12,827 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.3% (2015-2019) → 70.8% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
21.4% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+30 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
62.1% (2015-2019) → 37.7% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 3.9× (2020-2024)
+69%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
High school diploma or higherImproving
71.3% (2015-2019) → 79.6% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeImproving
26.9 min (2015-2019) → 17.5 min (2020-2024)
−35%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Winona, Mississippi improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 11 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

Child poverty−24 points62.1% → 37.7%

Declined2

Rent / income+30 points21.4% → 51.0%
Rent burden+34 points37.3% → 70.8%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Winona, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.9 min2015-2019	17.5 min2020-2024	−9.4 min	Within the margin of error	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	73.8%2015-2019	76.9%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Child poverty rate	62.1%2015-2019	37.7%2020-2024	−24 points	Improved	96%
Effective property tax rate	0.75%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	71.3%2015-2019	79.6%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+1.6×	Within the margin of error	8%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4562015-2019	0.4782020-2024	+0.023	Within the margin of error	32%
Median household income	$40,7582015-2019	$31,9322020-2024	−22%	Within the margin of error	1%
Poverty rate	34.2%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.4%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+30 points	Declined	0%
Rent-burdened households	37.3%2015-2019	70.8%2020-2024	+34 points	Declined	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.6%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	35%

“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 Winona, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winona, 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, Winona, Mississippi itself moved −20 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

4,183 residents (±17)

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

1,678 households (±152)

Winona, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k38%†642
$25k–50k24%†407
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,678 households (±152)

Winona, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own62%1,040
Rent38%638

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.1 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,555 workers (±235)

Winona, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone73%1,141
Carpool11%†165
Public transit0.0%0

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 Grenada, 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 Montgomery County, the county holding most of Winona's residents.

Montgomery County has 199 employer establishments, 208 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Mississippi's), with 2,012 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,729. The Census Bureau also counts 834 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 199; 834 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 208; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 2,012
Average annual pay: $37,729; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	14	14.6	0.80×Fewer than typical	243	$12,716	—
Ambulatory health care services	12	12.5	0.60×Fewer than typical	140	$53,157	56
Gasoline stations	11	11.5	3.54×More than typical	137	$24,175	—
Religious organizations	11	11.5	2.07×More than typical	52	$18,923	—
Limited-service restaurants	8	8.4	1.04×Too few to compare	184	$11,924	4
Specialty trade contractors	7	7.3	0.47×Too few to compare	71	$47,549	69
Traveler accommodation	7	7.3	4.05×Too few to compare	40	$19,975	—
Truck transportation	7	7.3	1.45×Too few to compare	67	$56,448	37
Banks and credit unions	6	6.3	1.94×Too few to compare	62	$86,694	—
Child day care services	5	5.2	2.14×Too few to compare	30	$45,100	19
General merchandise stores	5	5.2	2.96×Too few to compare	42	$17,500	4
Offices of other health practitioners	5	5.2	0.86×Too few to compare	11	$29,000	6

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,573 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: Winona is mostly in Montgomery County.

See federal money in Montgomery 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.

Winona, 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.

Montgomery County7100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Grenada, MS5

Other cities and towns in Montgomery 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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