The story of this market
The typical home in Claiborne County, Mississippi sells for about $122,750, or $115 per square foot.
Prices are down 2.4% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 142 days to sell, which is slow. The biggest natural hazard here is tornado, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $905 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $905 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.5%
MS · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,185
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
86
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $5,457,406.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
38.1%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 172 | 44 | 38.1% | 27.3% | $95,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
Claiborne County's housing market remains stagnant, characterized by low transaction volumes and a declining population base. While affordable housing initiatives are underway, the broader economic environment is constrained by high poverty rates and limited wage growth, keeping the market in a cautious state.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 9.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 50 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 8.7% · poverty 27.2% — a mixed stability profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 1 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Claiborne County, Mississippi — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 1.6%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
researched Sep 26
| 39150 | Port Gibson | $83,433 | $79 | -9% | 50 | — | — | — | 6 | $625 | researched Sep 26 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county faces significant flood risks due to its proximity to the Mississippi River, which influences local insurance premiums and building requirements.
Economic momentum is driven by capital-intensive industrial activity, though the county faces ongoing demographic contraction and a constrained labor force.
Property taxes are assessed at the county level; specific rates vary by school district and municipal jurisdiction, with exemptions available for homesteads.
The area features historic sites such as the Church Street District and proximity to the Natchez Trace Parkway, offering regional tourism and outdoor recreation.
The rental market is characterized by low median costs and limited inventory, with recent additions of affordable housing units in Port Gibson.
The economy is heavily influenced by capital-intensive industrial sectors, resulting in a high GDP per capita despite low median household income levels.
Transportation is primarily reliant on state highways, with limited public transit infrastructure available.
The Claiborne County Tax Assessor manages property valuations, with assessments typically reflecting market value adjusted for local exemptions.
Parcels are subject to county-wide property taxes and specific school district levies.
Insurance markets are sensitive to flood risk, with premiums often elevated for properties located in low-lying areas near the Mississippi River.
- Windsor Ruins4.710.9 mi
- Lake Bruin State Park4.615.1 mi
- Grand Gulf Military State Park4.68.8 mi
- Sunken Trace4.62 mi
- H.D. Gibbes & Sons4.729.1 mi
- Vicksburg National Battlefield4.828.2 mi
- Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum4.228.4 mi
- Vicksburg Civil War Museum4.828.4 mi
- Emerald Mound4.727.8 mi
- Lake Bruin State Park4.615.1 mi
- Sunken Trace4.62 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A historic forest trail and scenic drive that passes through the county.
A collection of historic homes and architecture in Port Gibson.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS 5-year estimates.
applies when — Parcels located within a district created by petition of property owners
Imposes additional assessments on parcels falling under the purview of homeowners' associations or improvement districts.
Miss. Code Ann. Section 21-33-561.
applies when — Default on a mortgage or deed of trust containing a power-of-sale clause
Allows for foreclosure without court intervention; requires publication of notice of the foreclosure sale in a newspaper in the county where the property is located.
Standard practice under Mississippi law for deeds of trust.
applies when — Transfer of residential real property by a seller
Requires the transferor to provide a written disclosure statement regarding the condition of the property to the transferee, subject to specific statutory exemptions.
Governed by Miss. Code Ann. Sections 89-1-501 through 89-1-523; amended by HB 1271 (2024).
Formula: (True Value × Assessment Ratio) × Millage Rate = Taxes. Class I (single-family owner-occupied) is assessed at a 10% ratio. Homestead exemptions for homeowners over 65 or disabled provide an exemption on the first $7,500 of assessed value.
Governed by Miss. Code Ann. Sections 27-35-1 through 27-35-167; assessments updated at least every four years.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.