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%

Chunky$910/mo

Typical home $154K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $1,150/mo · Housing →

Louise$620/mo

Typical home $92K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $280 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Chunky and Louise.

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.

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

ChunkyLouise

Snow a year1″0″

January low—37°F

July high—93°F

Growing season (days)—261d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)69th 70th

Outdoors & history

ChunkyLouise

National Register places1 —

Archive photos12 2

Community

ChunkyLouise

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

107 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ChunkyMS LouiseMS

Chunky ↔ Louise107 miles apart

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

ChunkyLouise

People

Population 242Highest 178Lowest

Median age 36.5±24Lowest 5% below MS 38.7±49.7Highest about the MS average

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

Kids under 18 21.1%±12.3Lowest MS: 23.3% 38.2%±28.4Highest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 15.7%±11.7Lowest MS: 17.2% 33.7%±17.5Highest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.2%Lowest MS: 25.1% 27.3%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±5.4Highest MS: 6.1% 0%±11.1Lowest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,500±$24kHighest about the MS average $22,379±$12kLowest 60% below MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $88,300±$25k 48% below MS —

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,150±$164 21% above MS —

Property taxmedian, yearly $670 45% below MS —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 MS: 51.3% —

Below poverty line 7.1%Lowest MS: 18.9% 55.6%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.3%Lowest MS: 70% 100%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest 11 yrs older than MS 1956Lowest 30 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 min 16% above MS —

Work from home 2.4%±3.9Highest MS: 5.9% 0%±19.4Lowest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miLowest 33.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.45Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Meridian (19%)Belzoni (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LouiseFew work in Chunky

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 26.7Lowest 68.5Highest

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.

Chunky vs Louise

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $280 more a month in Chunky

What daily life feels like in each

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