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%

Enterprise$940/mo

Typical home $155K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.04% · or rent about $975/mo · Housing →

Algoma$1,650/mo

Typical home $244K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $864/mo · Housing →

The difference: $700 a month, about $8,400 a year, between Algoma and Enterprise.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

A+EnterpriseBetter than 98% of districts in the state –AlgomaNot graded

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

EnterpriseAlgoma

Snow a year1″1″

January low36°F —

July high93°F —

Growing season (days)239d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)75th 47th

Outdoors & history

EnterpriseAlgoma

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled1834 —

National Register places23 —

Archive photos12 2

Famous people born here2 1

Community

EnterpriseAlgoma

Library hours a week19 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

139 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EnterpriseMS AlgomaMS

Enterprise ↔ Algoma139 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

EnterpriseAlgoma

People

Population 438Lowest 897Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.7%Lowest +19.5%Highest

Median age 37±9.6Highest 4% below MS 36.7±4.9Lowest 5% below MS

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

Kids under 18 33.1%±3.7Highest MS: 23.3% 23.5%±5Lowest MS: 23.3%

Age 65+ 10.5%±8.5Lowest MS: 17.2% 15.4%±4.4Highest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.9%Lowest MS: 25.1% 28.6%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.3%±4.6Highest MS: 6.1% 5.2%±4.2Lowest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,125±$14kHighest 12% above MS $58,125±$24kLowest about the MS average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $114,000±$35kLowest 33% below MS $186,500±$50kHighest 10% above MS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $975±$520Highest about the MS average $864±$261Lowest 9% below MS

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,183 about the MS average —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 11.1%±100Lowest MS: 51.3% 17.9%±51.2Highest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 9.1%Highest MS: 18.9% 5%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.8%Lowest MS: 70% 89.4%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 10 yrs older than MS 1998Highest 12 yrs newer than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 34% above MS 24 minLowest 5% below MS

Work from home 4.2%±4.9Lowest MS: 5.9% 4.3%±4.6Highest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.8%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 16.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.51Highest 0.04Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Meridian (39%)Pontotoc (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AlgomaFew work in Enterprise

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.4Highest 5.5Lowest

Schools

School district Enterprise—

High school in town Enterprise High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 8.4 —

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.

Enterprise vs Algoma

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $700 more a month in Algoma

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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