A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Brandon$1,680/mo

Typical home $290K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $1,382/mo · Housing →

Clinton$1,400/mo

Typical home $238K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $1,118/mo · Housing →

The difference: $280 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Brandon and Clinton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Brandon places higher on 13 of 23 MS lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Mississippi ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

ABrandonSafer than 88% of U.S. towns BClintonSafer than 62% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+BrandonBetter than 95% of districts in the state AClintonBetter than 93% of districts in the state

Health

A−BrandonHealthier than 80% of U.S. towns B+ClintonHealthier than 71% of U.S. towns

13Brandon

8Clinton

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 32 towns #1#12 Most trailsOutdoors · 64 towns #34#56 Highest graduation rateSchools · 93 towns #6#37 Most walkableOutdoors · 104 towns #50#80 Shortest commuteGetting around · 104 towns #87#65 Best schoolsSchools · 92 towns #5#22 Lowest depressionHealth · 104 towns #27#9 Cheapest rentCost of living · 99 towns #91#76

Left end = #1 in Mississippi. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Brandon’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BrandonClinton

Snow a year1″1″

January low37°F 37°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)245d 245d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 63rd

Outdoors & history

BrandonClinton

Trails5 mi 4 mi

Conserved land4.8%6.7%

Settled1831 1823

National Register places9 4

Archive photos18 12

Famous people born here14 20

Community

BrandonClinton

Library hours a week59 hrs 47 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

21 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BrandonClinton

Brandon ↔ Clinton21 miles apart

Who commutes between them

135 Brandon residents work in Clinton (1.2% of its workers)

134 Clinton residents work in Brandon (1.2% of its workers)

Work & commute in Brandon →

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Mississippi average

BrandonClinton

People

Population 25,542Lowest 27,195Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.8%Highest +11.4%Lowest

Median age 40.6±3.4Highest 5% above MS 35.3±2.4Lowest 9% below MS

Brandon and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.2%±2.9Lowest MS: 23.3% 26.5%±2.6Highest MS: 23.3%

Clinton and Brandon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 17.6%±2.1Highest MS: 17.2% 14.5%±1.6Lowest MS: 17.2%

Brandon and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 41.3%Lowest MS: 25.1% 47.8%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.5%±1.4Lowest MS: 6.1% 11.6%±1.4Highest MS: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $92,783±$5kHighest 64% above MS $74,745±$5kLowest 32% above MS

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $278,900±$16kHighest 64% above MS $225,800±$9kLowest 33% above MS

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,382±$262Highest 45% above MS $1,118±$60Lowest 17% above MS

Brandon and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,822Highest 50% above MS $1,728Lowest 42% above MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.9%±8.4Lowest MS: 51.3% 48.8%±7.2Highest MS: 51.3%

Clinton and Brandon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8.5%Lowest MS: 18.9% 9.6%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.3%Highest MS: 70% 68.4%Lowest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1996Highest 10 yrs newer than MS 1982Lowest 4 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 8% above MS 24 minLowest 5% below MS

Work from home 7.2%±1.7Lowest MS: 5.9% 8%±2.1Highest MS: 5.9%

Clinton and Brandon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 10.3%Lowest 13.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.74Highest 0.71Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Jackson (29%)Jackson (36%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in Clinton1% work in Brandon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.8%Lowest 6.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.4 miHighest 4.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 5Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 37.2Highest 25.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #5 of 92 in MS #22 of 92 in MS

School district Rankin County School DistrictClinton Public School District

High school in town Brandon High SchoolClinton High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.2Lowest 15.3Highest

Mississippi average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Brandon vs Clinton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $280 more a month in Brandon

Brandon places higher on 13 of 23 MS lists

What daily life feels like in each

21 miles apart

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