Scores by category

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

Safety0#920/924
Economy1#913/925
Housing47#489/925
Health13#804/925
Healthcare36#589/923
Environment20#735/917
Education24#701/925
Infrastructure3#898/925
Community6#869/925
Leisure & amenities26#682/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Depression · low18.5%
97/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
92/100Mississippi 27 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
87/100Mississippi 2.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
New business applications · high16.9 /1k
87/100Mississippi 17.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · high487 /100k
85/100Mississippi 243 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low14.0 /100k
81/100Mississippi 16.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high86.7 /100k
0/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · high47.4 /100k
0/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · low72.1%
0/100Mississippi 84.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Lack of reliable transportation · high18.3%
1/100Mississippi 12.4%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Median household income · low$39,534
1/100Mississippi $59,301United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Premature death · high18,684 /100k
1/100Mississippi 12,827 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
38,281 (2020) → 34,912 (2025)
−8.8%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
8% (2021) → 68% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+60 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
48.7% (2015-2019) → 72.1% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Firearm deathsWorsening
47.6 /100k (2019) → 86.7 /100k (2023)
+82%4 yearsUS 12.1 /100k → 14.0 /100k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.2% (2015-2019) → 46.2% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
5,139 /100k (2019) → 3,132 /100k (2023)
−39%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /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, Greenwood, MS micropolitan area improved on 16 of 26 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 4 moved within the margin of error and 2 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.

Improved16

Broadband+23 points48.7% → 72.1%
Inequality−0.0470.550 → 0.503
Rent / income−5.8 points34.3% → 28.5%
Rent burden−13 points59.2% → 46.2%
Libraries+7.3%1.0 /10k → 1.1 /10k

Declined4

Commute+3.8 min19.0 min → 22.8 min
New businesses−9.6%18.7 /1k → 16.9 /1k
Arts & recreation−12%2.6 /10k → 2.3 /10k
Traffic deaths+16%22.5 /100k → 26.1 /100k

All 26 measures

Change of every measure of Greenwood, MS micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	11%
Average commute time	19.0 min2015-2019	22.8 min2020-2024	+3.8 min	Declined	3%
Average weekly wage	$7062020	$8522025	+21%	Improved	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%2015-2019	21.2%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	85%
Broadband subscriptions	48.7%2015-2019	72.1%2020-2024	+23 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	45.3%2015-2019	39.0%2020-2024	−6.3 points	Improved	85%
Distance to an airport	83 mi2020	83 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	85%
Drug overdose deaths	13.5 /100k2020	11.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−12%	Improved	37%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+9.6%	Improved	76%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+9.6%	Improved	58%
High school diploma or higher	81.2%2015-2019	82.3%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	99%
Homicide rate	61.9 /100k2020	47.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−23%	Improved	48%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,5522019	$61,6842024	+35%	Improved	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5502015-2019	0.5032020-2024	−0.047	Improved	99%
Median household income	$30,2182015-2019	$39,5342020-2024	+31%	Improved	69%
New business applications	18.7 /1k2020	16.9 /1k2025	−9.6%	Declined	3%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+9.6%	Improved	88%
Poverty rate	31.6%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	+7.3%	Improved	89%
Rent as share of income	34.3%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Improved	99%
Rent-burdened households	59.2%2015-2019	46.2%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	99%
Restaurants and bars	6.5 /10k2020	6.6 /10k2025	+0.9%	Little change	49%
Traffic deaths	22.5 /100k2015-2019	26.1 /100k2020-2024	+16%	Declined	33%
Unemployment rate	9.2%2020	5.7%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.1%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 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; 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 Greenwood, MS micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Greenwood, 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, Greenwood, MS micropolitan area itself moved +5 points in standing on average over the same 25 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

36,827 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

14,461 households (±438)

Greenwood, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k33%4,811
$25k–50k24%3,467
$50k–75k13%1,862

Homes

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

Owners and renters

14,461 households (±438)

Greenwood, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Own62%8,914
Rent38%5,547

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

13,504 workers (±733)

Greenwood, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone81%10,897
Carpool10%1,359
Public transit0.1%†9

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 Greenwood, 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.

Greenwood, MS has 762 employer establishments, 211 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248), with 11,290 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,789. The Census Bureau also counts 2,915 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 762; 2,915 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 211; US 248
Paid employees: 11,290
Average annual pay: $40,789; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	48	13.3	0.72×Fewer than typical	954	$16,520	17
Ambulatory health care services	41	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	428	$50,283	187
Lessors of real estate	37	10.2	0.83×About typical	95	$32,800	302
Gasoline stations	32	8.9	2.73×More than typical	240	$25,071	—
Religious organizations	31	8.6	1.55×More than typical	161	$20,503	—
Specialty trade contractors	28	7.8	0.50×Fewer than typical	287	$64,787	159
Limited-service restaurants	22	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	599	$15,688	6
Truck transportation	21	5.8	1.15×About typical	228	$39,206	139
Full-service restaurants	19	5.3	0.68×Fewer than typical	324	$18,664	6
Grocery and convenience stores	19	5.3	1.77×More than typical	189	$16,291	9
Traveler accommodation	19	5.3	2.91×More than typical	326	$13,190	—
Building equipment contractors	17	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	236	$69,110	36

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 36,128 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 $20.3M on contracts performed in Greenwood, MS micropolitan area: $581 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $20.3M; −42% vs FY2025
Per resident: $581; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.1%; 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

Agricultural Marketing Service$15.8M78%
Agricultural Research Service$2.1M10%
Forest Service$1.3M6.4%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$596.7K2.9%
Department of the Navy$351.9K1.7%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$147.6K0.7%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$134K0.7%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$44.7K0.2%

Top recipients

AMERICAS CATCH INC$11.4M56%
HEARTLAND CATFISH CO INC$4.5M22%
THE JOHNSON-MCADAMS FIRM, P.A.$4.3M21%
KSWA-CRAWFORD JV, LLC$348.6K1.7%
YALOBUSHA STREET PROPERTIES, LLC$147.6K0.7%

Spending by fiscal year

12MFY2017
21.9MFY2018
6.7MFY2019
25.7MFY2020
20.2MFY2021
32MFY2022
56.4MFY2023
40.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Seafood product preparation and packaging · 3117$15.8M78%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$4.6M23%
Warehousing and storage · 4931$147.6K0.7%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$142.9K0.7%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$89.3K0.4%
Waste treatment and disposal · 5622$44.7K0.2%

Largest awards

FC/MR&T, YAZOO RIVER BASIN, TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI UPPER YAZOO PROJECTS, ITEM 7E CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT$16.2M
ANDERSON CONTRACTING LLC· Leflore County, MS· Construction & real property· May 5, 2023 – Mar 17, 2026· W912EE23C0008
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011498/4100034956/CATFISH FLTS UNBRD RAW PKG-20/2 LB$10M
AMERICAS CATCH INC· Leflore County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 123J1426C1896
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010982/4100033035/CATFISH FLTS UNBRD RAW PKG-20/2 LB$5.5M
HEARTLAND CATFISH CO INC· Leflore County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 25, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· 123J1425C2036

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 $269.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Greenwood, MS micropolitan area: $7,710 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $269.2M; −9.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,710; US $12,955
Loan face value: $18.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 9.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$126.8M47%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$29M11%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$20.7M7.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17.8M6.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$15.8M5.9%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$9.8M3.6%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$8.2M3.0%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$6M2.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$9.8M3.6%
ITTA BENA, MS
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6.6M2.5%
JACKSON, MS
MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$4.7M1.7%
MOORHEAD, MS
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD$4.3M1.6%
GREENWOOD, MS
SEEK FARMS

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$192.4M71%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$19.5M7.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$15.2M5.6%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education$14.5M5.4%
Natural Resources Conservation Service$10.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

330.5MFY2021
277.9MFY2022
269.5MFY2023
297.3MFY2024
298.8MFY2025
269.2MFY2026

County aggregates

79%

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 Greenwood, 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.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

GreenwoodPrincipal city14,086

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.

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
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
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

Improved16

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Greenwood, 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 Greenwood, 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

Improved16

Declined4

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