Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety37#584/924
Economy26#684/925
Housing89#104/925
Health18#760/925
Healthcare32#624/923
Environment38#566/917
Education12#815/925
Infrastructure5#879/925
Community6#872/925
Leisure & amenities72#258/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Corinth, MS micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Severe housing problems · low9.8%
92/100Mississippi 14.3%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.46%
89/100Mississippi 0.58%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Violent crime rate · low126 /100k
85/100Mississippi 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · high2.0 /10k
80/100Mississippi 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · low42.2%
79/100Mississippi 51.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Pharmacies · high2.0 /10k
78/100Mississippi 2.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low78.8%
3/100Mississippi 84.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Traffic deaths · high32.6 /100k
5/100Mississippi 25.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Physical inactivity · high33.6%
7/100Mississippi 35.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Median household income · low$51,260
7/100Mississippi $59,301United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Loneliness · high38.1%
7/100Mississippi 37.2%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Average weekly wage · low$926
7/100Mississippi $1,024United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 40% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+40 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
26.5% (2010 & 2021) → 52.5% (2022 & 2024)
+26 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New homes permittedImproving
0.4 /1k (2021) → 1.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+125%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Traffic deathsWorsening
19.4 /100k (2015-2019) → 32.6 /100k (2020-2024)
+68%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
7.5 /1k (2020) → 11.9 /1k (2025)
+59%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
2,606 /100k (2020) → 1,261 /100k (2025)
−52%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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, Corinth, MS micropolitan area improved on 12 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 9 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Uninsured−3.3 points16.7% → 13.4%
Libraries+7%0.5 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Violent crime−47%236 /100k → 125 /100k
Property crime−52%2,606 /100k → 1,261 /100k
New businesses+59%7.5 /1k → 11.9 /1k

Declined5

Traffic deaths+68%19.4 /100k → 32.6 /100k
Rent / income+4.4 points22.6% → 27.0%
Grocery stores−12%2.3 /10k → 2.0 /10k
Restaurants−7.5%10.9 /10k → 10.1 /10k
Suicides+7.1%17.0 /100k → 18.2 /100k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Corinth, MS micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.5 /10k2020	3.5 /10k2025	+0.5%	Little change	30%
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	68%
Average weekly wage	$7402020	$9262025	+25%	Improved	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	70.7%2015-2019	78.8%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Improved	40%
Child poverty rate	18.2%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Distance to an airport	83 mi2020	83 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.4 /100k2020	12.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−22%	Improved	47%
Effective property tax rate	0.46%2015-2019	0.46%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Grocery stores	2.3 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	21%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+0.5%	Little change	44%
High school diploma or higher	81.3%2015-2019	85.0%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Homicide rate	8.8 /100k2020	5.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−33%	Improved	60%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,0802019	$58,2692024	+26%	Improved	13%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4652015-2019	0.4522020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$42,0862015-2019	$51,2602020-2024	+22%	Improved	21%
New business applications	7.5 /1k2020	11.9 /1k2025	+59%	Improved	70%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+0.5%	Little change	74%
Poverty rate	15.0%2015-2019	15.8%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Property crime rate	2,606 /100k2020	1,261 /100k2025	−52%	Improved	87%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+7%	Improved	88%
Rent as share of income	22.6%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Declined	4%
Rent-burdened households	33.7%2015-2019	42.2%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Restaurants and bars	10.9 /10k2020	10.1 /10k2025	−7.5%	Declined	18%
Suicide rate	17.0 /100k2020	18.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.1%	Declined	43%
Traffic deaths	19.4 /100k2015-2019	32.6 /100k2020-2024	+68%	Declined	3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2020	3.5%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.7%2015-2019	13.4%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Improved	95%
Violent crime rate	236 /100k2020	125 /100k2025	−47%	Improved	92%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Corinth, MS micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Corinth, MS micropolitan area 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, Corinth, MS micropolitan area itself moved −0.6 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

34,289 residents

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

14,456 households (±323)

Corinth, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k26%3,804
$25k–50k23%3,298
$50k–75k17%2,528

Homes

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

Owners and renters

14,456 households (±323)

Corinth, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Own68%9,799
Rent32%4,657

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

14,548 workers (±588)

Corinth, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%11,941
Carpool11%1,597
Public transit0.1%†8

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 no occupation wages for Corinth, MS micropolitan area.

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.

Corinth, MS has 766 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248), with 10,564 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,620. The Census Bureau also counts 2,703 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 766; 2,703 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248
Paid employees: 10,564
Average annual pay: $42,620; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	76	22.3	1.07×About typical	698	$56,032	99
Restaurants and other eating places	64	18.8	1.02×About typical	1,095	$18,259	19
Religious organizations	34	10	1.80×More than typical	208	$23,471	—
Full-service restaurants	29	8.5	1.11×About typical	469	$20,380	12
Offices of physicians	28	8.2	1.27×More than typical	206	$64,743	23
Specialty trade contractors	27	7.9	0.51×Fewer than typical	169	$53,053	202
Limited-service restaurants	26	7.6	0.95×About typical	587	$16,555	5
Offices of other health practitioners	24	7	1.16×About typical	157	$45,522	27
Gasoline stations	23	6.7	2.08×More than typical	146	$23,363	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	6.2	1.22×About typical	120	$37,350	64
Clothing and accessories stores	21	6.2	1.70×More than typical	150	$18,280	49
Insurance agencies and brokerages	21	6.2	1.40×More than typical	57	$63,175	74

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,109 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.2M on contracts performed in Corinth, MS micropolitan area: $33.42 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.2M; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $33.42; US $1,994
Sole-source: 74%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.7%; 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 Veterans Affairs$1.1M99%
National Park Service$7,7370.7%

Top recipients

YELLOWSTONE ENTERPRISES LLC$1M89%
ALCORN COUNTY LTC, LLC$95.8K8.3%
POLYGUARD LLC$18.8K1.6%
WADE INC$7,7370.7%
BICKERTS ORTHOTICS & PROSTHETICS, LLC-$8150.0%

Spending by fiscal year

304.7KFY2017
514KFY2018
517.2KFY2019
1.2MFY2020
737.4KFY2021
1.3MFY2022
3.5MFY2023
1.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$1M89%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$95.8K8.3%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$18.8K1.6%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$7,7370.7%

Largest awards

SED-838 - STORM DAMAGE CLEAN-UP AT CORINTH NATIONAL CEMETERY$513.6K
YELLOWSTONE ENTERPRISES LLC· Alcorn County, MS· Facilities & utilities· Feb 12, 2026 – Feb 12, 2026· 36C78626P50072
SED-838 TREE REMOVAL SERVICES AT CORINTH NATIONAL CEMETERY$229.5K
YELLOWSTONE ENTERPRISES LLC· Alcorn County, MS· Facilities & utilities· Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 36C78626P0091
SED-838 - CORINTH NATIONAL CEMETERY GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES FUNDED OY1$176.5K
YELLOWSTONE ENTERPRISES LLC· Alcorn County, MS· Facilities & utilities· Aug 29, 2024 – Dec 3, 2025· 36C78624N50510
SED-838 - CORINTH NATIONAL CEMETERY GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $261.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Corinth, MS micropolitan area: $7,573 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $261.8M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,573; US $12,955
Loan face value: $7.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$138.2M53%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$39.6M15%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$18.2M6.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$15.1M5.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$13.4M5.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$12.4M4.7%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$7.7M3.0%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$1.9M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

TENNESSEE VALLEY REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHOR$21.2M8.1%
CORINTH, MS
REGION 4 MENTAL HEALTH$2.4M0.9%
BOONEVILLE, MS
CORINTH HOUSING AUTHORITY$1.8M0.7%
CORINTH, MS
AIMING FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES INC$1.3M0.5%
CORINTH, MS
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$205.2M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$21.2M8.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$16.1M6.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$8.1M3.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development

Assistance by fiscal year

228.2MFY2021
238MFY2022
250.5MFY2023
268.2MFY2024
295.6MFY2025
261.8MFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Corinth, MS

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Alcorn CountyCentral county2734,569

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

CorinthPrincipal city14,323

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Mississippi

Areas based in Mississippi, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Tupelo, MS30

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Corinth, MS micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Corinth, MS

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Mississippi

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought