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%

Clinton$1,400/mo

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

Brandon$1,680/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

8Clinton

13Brandon

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

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

Left end = #1 in Mississippi. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Clinton’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

ClintonBrandon

Snow a year1″1″

January low37°F 37°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)245d 245d

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

Outdoors & history

ClintonBrandon

Trails4 mi 5 mi

Conserved land6.7%4.8%

Settled1823 1831

National Register places4 9

Archive photos12 18

Famous people born here20 14

Community

ClintonBrandon

Library hours a week47 hrs 59 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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.

ClintonBrandon

Clinton ↔ Brandon21 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

ClintonBrandon

People

Population 27,195Highest 25,542Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 26.5%±2.6Highest MS: 23.3% 25.2%±2.9Lowest 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+ 14.5%±1.6Lowest MS: 17.2% 17.6%±2.1Highest 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+ 47.8%Highest MS: 25.1% 41.3%Lowest MS: 25.1%

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

Cost of living

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

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,118±$60Lowest 17% above MS $1,382±$262Highest 45% 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 $1,728Lowest 42% above MS $1,822Highest 50% above MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.8%±7.2Highest MS: 51.3% 36.9%±8.4Lowest 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 9.6%Highest MS: 18.9% 8.5%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 8%±2.1Highest MS: 5.9% 7.2%±1.7Lowest 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 13.9%Highest 10.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in Brandon1% work in Clinton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.7%Highest 4.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.3 miLowest 5.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 4Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district Clinton Public School DistrictRankin County School District

High school in town Clinton High SchoolBrandon High School

Students per teacherat that high school 15.3Highest 14.2Lowest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Clinton vs Brandon

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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