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%

Corinth$1,060/mo

Typical home $182K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.68% · or rent about $601/mo · Housing →

Vicksburg$910/mo

Typical home $149K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $820/mo · Housing →

The difference: $140 a month, about $1,700 a year, between Corinth and Vicksburg.

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

Corinth places higher on 12 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

DCorinthSafer than 12% of U.S. towns DVicksburgSafer than 6% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+CorinthBetter than 73% of districts in the state B−VicksburgBetter than 45% of districts in the state

Health

DCorinthHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns DVicksburgHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

12Corinth

10Vicksburg

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 104 towns #74#9 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 104 towns #29#88 Most remote workersWork · 102 towns #50#98 Lowest obesityHealth · 104 towns #46#86 Highest graduation rateSchools · 93 towns #15#50 Cheapest rentCost of living · 99 towns #3#37 Fastest growingGrowth · 103 towns #53#87 Most new homesHousing · 88 towns #44#70

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

CorinthVicksburg

Snow a year1″0″

January low30°F 38°F

July high90°F 92°F

Growing season (days)213d 269d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)59th 67th

Outdoors & history

CorinthVicksburg

Trails7 mi 9 mi

Conserved land4.3%2.9%

Settled1853 1825

National Register places15 67

Archive photos—18

Community

CorinthVicksburg

Library hours a week54 hrs 56 hrs

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

227 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CorinthMS VicksburgMS

Corinth ↔ Vicksburg227 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

CorinthVicksburg

People

Population 14,323Lowest 20,589Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.3%Highest -9.6%Lowest

Median age 41.9±3.5Highest 9% above MS 38.8±1.4Lowest about the MS average

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

Kids under 18 22%±2.8Lowest MS: 23.3% 24.6%±2.4Highest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 19.8%±2.4Highest MS: 17.2% 17.7%±2Lowest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.1%Lowest MS: 25.1% 27.1%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±1.4Lowest MS: 6.1% 5.3%±1.1Highest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,226±$4kLowest 22% below MS $45,781±$5kHighest 19% below MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $177,100±$24kHighest 4% above MS $125,900±$10kLowest 26% below MS

Rentmedian gross, monthly $601±$108Lowest 37% below MS $820±$81Highest 14% below MS

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,204Lowest about the MS average $1,317Highest 8% above MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.8%±10.3Lowest MS: 51.3% 48.5%±7.1Highest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 18.7%Lowest MS: 18.9% 26.8%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.5%Lowest MS: 70% 55%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 9 yrs older than MS 1967Lowest 19 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minHighest 26% below MS 18 minLowest 32% below MS

Work from home 5.3%±2.6Highest MS: 5.9% 0.3%±0.2Lowest MS: 5.9%

Work in townworking residents 35.1%Lowest 41.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.62Highest 1.58Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Tupelo (7%)Jackson (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in VicksburgFew work in Corinth

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.3%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.9 miLowest 9.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 31.5Lowest 33.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #47 of 92 in MS #61 of 92 in MS

School district Alcorn School District · Corinth School DistrictVicksburg Warren School District

High school in town Corinth High SchoolVicksburg High School

Students per teacherat that high school 13.8Highest 13.2Lowest

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.

Corinth vs Vicksburg

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Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Corinth places higher on 12 of 23 MS lists

What daily life feels like in each

227 miles apart

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