Scores by category

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

Safety0#921/924
Economy4#888/925
Housing27#677/925
Health16#775/925
Healthcare12#812/923
Environment33#613/917
Education29#654/925
Infrastructure8#848/925
Community27#671/925
Leisure & amenities48#482/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Suicide rate · low9.0 /100k
98/100Mississippi 16.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high3.0 /10k
98/100Mississippi 2.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Depression · low20.1%
91/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · low4.2 mi
88/100Mississippi 7.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
New business applications · high16.8 /1k
86/100Mississippi 17.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
85/100Mississippi 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high41.0 /100k
1/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · high23.3 /100k
1/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · high40.9 /100k
1/100Mississippi 25.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Adult obesity · high45.4%
2/100Mississippi 42.6%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Average weekly wage · low$877
2/100Mississippi $1,024United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Life expectancy · low69.9 yrs
2/100Mississippi 72.5 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
5% (2021) → 74% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+70 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.6 /10k (2020) → 1.3 /10k (2025)
+108%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.9% (2015-2019) → 80.3% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
40.4% (2015-2019) → 52.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Suicide rateImproving
17.2 /100k (2021) → 9.0 /100k (2024)
−48%3 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.6 /100k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
39.7% (2019) → 30.3% (2023)
−9.4 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%

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, Grenada, MS micropolitan area improved on 9 of 26 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 6 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.

Improved9

Gyms+108%0.6 /10k → 1.3 /10k
High school++5.2 points80.8% → 86.0%
Broadband+13 points66.9% → 80.3%
Arts & recreation+30%2.6 /10k → 3.3 /10k
Restaurants+8.3%7.3 /10k → 7.9 /10k

Declined7

Homicides+74%13.4 /100k → 23.3 /100k
Rent / income+5.7 points25.4% → 31.1%
Inequality+0.0390.469 → 0.509
Rent burden+12 points40.4% → 52.5%
Grocery stores−17%1.6 /10k → 1.3 /10k

All 26 measures

Change of every measure of Grenada, 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	3.3 /10k2025	+30%	Improved	87%
Average commute time	18.7 min2015-2019	21.5 min2020-2024	+2.7 min	Within the margin of error	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	6%
Broadband subscriptions	66.9%2015-2019	80.3%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	85%
Child poverty rate	33.1%2015-2019	33.6%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Distance to an airport	88 mi2020	88 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	18%
Drug overdose deaths	14.6 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−16%	Improved	40%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	13%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+108%	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	80.8%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Improved	96%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	86%
Homicide rate	13.4 /100k2020	23.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+74%	Declined	3%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,0342019	$55,3942024	+32%	Improved	52%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4692015-2019	0.5092020-2024	+0.039	Declined	3%
Median household income	$40,1222015-2019	$46,8972020-2024	+17%	Improved	7%
New business applications	17.1 /1k2020	16.8 /1k2025	−1.6%	Little change	4%
Pharmacies	3.2 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	−6.6%	Declined	54%
Poverty rate	21.1%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+0.5%	Little change	67%
Rent as share of income	25.4%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Declined	2%
Rent-burdened households	40.4%2015-2019	52.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Declined	2%
Restaurants and bars	7.3 /10k2020	7.9 /10k2025	+8.3%	Improved	75%
Traffic deaths	30.8 /100k2015-2019	40.9 /100k2020-2024	+33%	Declined	16%
Unemployment rate	7.7%2020	4.1%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	69%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.2%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	73%

“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 Grenada, MS micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Grenada, 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, Grenada, MS micropolitan area itself moved −6.6 points in standing on average over the same 26 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

30,819 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

12,601 households (±429)

Grenada, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k27%3,348
$25k–50k27%3,384
$50k–75k15%1,854

Homes

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

Owners and renters

12,601 households (±429)

Grenada, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Own70%8,771
Rent30%3,830

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

12,735 workers (±598)

Grenada, MS micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone86%10,900
Carpool7.5%950
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 no occupation wages for Grenada, 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.

Grenada, MS has 731 employer establishments, 239 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248), with 10,379 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,410. The Census Bureau also counts 2,604 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 731; 2,604 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 239; US 248
Paid employees: 10,379
Average annual pay: $43,410; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	57	18.6	0.89×About typical	625	$46,502	157
Restaurants and other eating places	54	17.6	0.96×About typical	1,039	$15,564	—
Religious organizations	32	10.4	1.88×More than typical	139	$21,755	—
Limited-service restaurants	30	9.8	1.22×About typical	726	$15,081	8
Gasoline stations	28	9.1	2.82×More than typical	267	$25,794	—
Specialty trade contractors	27	8.8	0.57×Fewer than typical	197	$59,168	213
Clothing and accessories stores	22	7.2	1.98×More than typical	76	$20,368	30
Truck transportation	21	6.9	1.36×More than typical	266	$47,289	102
Full-service restaurants	19	6.2	0.81×About typical	290	$17,321	—
Offices of other health practitioners	19	6.2	1.02×About typical	88	$34,943	22
Banks and credit unions	18	5.9	1.82×More than typical	151	$70,722	—
General merchandise stores	18	5.9	3.32×More than typical	478	$28,056	15

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 30,643 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 $603.9K on contracts performed in Grenada, MS micropolitan area: $19.98 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $603.9K; +682% vs FY2025
Per resident: $19.98; US $1,994
Sole-source: 10%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.4%; 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

Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$434.1K72%
Department of the Army$93.3K15%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$76.5K13%

Top recipients

EMC INC$436.6K72%
SPECIALIZED GOVERNMENT SOURCING, INC.$74.4K12%
COUNTY OF GRENADA$59.8K9.9%
DOUGLAS RAPER$31.1K5.1%
OMNI DISTRIBUTION, INC.$2,0750.3%
SMART CHOICE GOURMET LLC

Spending by fiscal year

2MFY2017
3.8MFY2018
4.7MFY2019
8.2MFY2020
5.3MFY2021
4.6MFY2022
2.3MFY2023
1.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$436.6K72%
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying · 2123$74.4K12%
Investigation and security services · 5616$59.8K9.9%
Special food services · 7223$31.1K5.1%
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$2,0750.3%

Largest awards

MS-FWS DAHOMEY NWR-LIMESTONE$241.4K
SPECIALIZED GOVERNMENT SOURCING, INC.· Grenada County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 25, 2025 – Aug 14, 2026· 140FS325P0186
EMC SURVEY FOR FY25 ACEP-WRE EASEMENTS: BANKS CONSTRUCTION ET AL; 5472172501Y4L; RICHLAND PARISH; MARSHA HARRIS ET AL; 547217250209D; CALDWELL PARISH; SADLER INVESTMENTS; 54721725020Y5; RICHLAND PARISH$180.2K
EMC INC· Grenada County, MS· Professional services· Jan 15, 2026 – Jan 15, 2026· 12FPC126F0008
EMC SURVEY FOR FY25 ACEP-WRE EASEMENTS: SADLER INVESTMENTS, LLC; 5472172501YXZ; RICHLAND PARISH; CHARLIE STEPHENS, JR.; 5472172501WMS; FRANKLIN PARISH; BOBBIE ALEXANDER; 54721725020GF; WEST CARROLL PARISH; GARY CHAPMAN ET AL; 5472172502091; FRANKLIN$133.9K
EMC INC· Grenada County, MS· Professional services· Jan 15, 2026 – Jan 15, 2026· 12FPC126F0010

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 $234.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Grenada, MS micropolitan area: $7,768 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $234.8M; −0.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,768; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$124.1M53%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$31.6M13%

Counties in Grenada, 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.

GrenadaPrincipal city12,375

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

Improved9

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Grenada, 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

Counties in Grenada, 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

Improved9

Declined7

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 buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Top programs

What was bought

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates