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%

Flowood$1,920/mo

Typical home $330K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.68% · or rent about $1,430/mo · Housing →

Long Beach$1,430/mo

Typical home $239K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $1,215/mo · Housing →

The difference: $490 a month, about $5,800 a year, between Flowood and Long Beach.

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

Flowood places higher on 13 of 21 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

–FlowoodNot graded B+Long BeachSafer than 73% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+FlowoodBetter than 95% of districts in the state A+Long BeachBetter than 96% of districts in the state

Health

A−FlowoodHealthier than 81% of U.S. towns BLong BeachHealthier than 60% of U.S. towns

13Flowood

8Long Beach

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 64 towns #5#63 Most conserved landOutdoors · 94 towns #19#93 Most walkableOutdoors · 104 towns #77#19 Lowest depressionHealth · 104 towns #27#74 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 104 towns #96#53 Most affordableCost of living · 102 towns #99#79 Most remote workersWork · 102 towns #13#31 Most activeHealth · 104 towns #6#24

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

FlowoodLong Beach

Snow a year1″0″

January low37°F 44°F

July high92°F 90°F

Growing season (days)245d 300d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)67th 87th

Outdoors & history

FlowoodLong Beach

Trails15 mi 1 mi

Conserved land6.8%0.1%

Settled—1905

National Register places—1

Archive photos4 12

Famous people born here8 —

Community

FlowoodLong Beach

Library hours a week59 hrs 44 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

147 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FlowoodMS Long BeachMS

Flowood ↔ Long Beach147 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

FlowoodLong Beach

People

Population 10,587Lowest 17,009Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +30.4%Highest +13.4%Lowest

Median age 39.5±3.5Lowest about the MS average 39.6±1.8Highest about the MS average

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

Kids under 18 21.2%±4.8Lowest MS: 23.3% 24%±3.2Highest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 14.8%±3.2Lowest MS: 17.2% 20.2%±2.1Highest MS: 17.2%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 55%Highest MS: 25.1% 35.6%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.7%±3.4Highest MS: 6.1% 5.6%±1.5Lowest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,880±$11kHighest 49% above MS $70,332±$8kLowest 25% above MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $342,200±$42kHighest 102% above MS $215,200±$11kLowest 27% above MS

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,430±$69Highest 50% above MS $1,215±$72Lowest 27% above MS

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,341Highest 93% above MS $1,963Lowest 62% above MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.6%±13.6Highest MS: 51.3% 47.2%±9.2Lowest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 13.4%Highest MS: 18.9% 11.5%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.2%Lowest MS: 70% 65.7%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 15 yrs newer than MS 1986Lowest same as MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 16% below MS 24 minHighest 8% below MS

Work from home 9.8%±4.3Highest MS: 5.9% 7.1%±2.3Lowest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.5%Highest 11.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.8 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 5.29Highest 0.40Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Jackson (32%)Gulfport (33%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Long BeachFew work in Flowood

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.8%Highest 0.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 15.3 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.9Lowest 51.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #9 of 92 in MS #19 of 92 in MS

School district Rankin County School DistrictLong Beach School District

High school in town Northwest High SchoolLong Beach High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.9Highest 13.4Lowest

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.

Flowood vs Long Beach

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $490 more a month in Flowood

Flowood places higher on 13 of 21 MS lists

What daily life feels like in each

147 miles apart

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