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 →

Ridgeland$1,660/mo

Typical home $286K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,336/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Flowood and Ridgeland.

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 12 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.

Schools

A+FlowoodBetter than 95% of districts in the state A+RidgelandBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

A−FlowoodHealthier than 81% of U.S. towns B+RidgelandHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns

12Flowood

8Ridgeland

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

Best schoolsSchools · 92 towns #9#57 Most trailsOutdoors · 64 towns #5#35 Fastest growingGrowth · 103 towns #5#49 Most walkableOutdoors · 104 towns #77#34 Most new homesHousing · 88 towns #12#45 Highest incomeIncome · 102 towns #10#30 Lowest depressionHealth · 104 towns #27#9 Highest graduation rateSchools · 93 towns #6#15

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

FlowoodRidgeland

Snow a year1″1″

January low37°F 37°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)245d 245d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)67th 65th

Outdoors & history

FlowoodRidgeland

Trails15 mi 6 mi

Conserved land6.8%7.6%

Settled—1805

National Register places—2

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here8 —

Community

FlowoodRidgeland

Library hours a week59 hrs 52 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

8 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

FlowoodRidgeland

Flowood ↔ Ridgeland8.0 miles apart

Who commutes between them

729 Ridgeland residents work in Flowood (7.1% of its workers)

416 Flowood residents work in Ridgeland (9.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Ridgeland →

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

FlowoodRidgeland

People

Population 10,587Lowest 24,587Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +30.4%Highest +1.2%Lowest

Median age 39.5±3.5Highest about the MS average 35.7±1.5Lowest 8% below MS

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

Kids under 18 21.2%±4.8Highest MS: 23.3% 20.9%±2.3Lowest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 14.8%±3.2Highest MS: 17.2% 14.6%±1.6Lowest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 55%Highest MS: 25.1% 51.7%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.7%±3.4Highest MS: 6.1% 7.6%±1.9Lowest MS: 6.1%

Flowood and Ridgeland 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 $66,038±$3kLowest 17% above MS

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $342,200±$42kHighest 102% above MS $275,200±$19kLowest 62% above MS

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,430±$69Highest 50% above MS $1,336±$40Lowest 40% above MS

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,341Highest 93% above MS $1,909Lowest 57% above MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.6%±13.6Lowest MS: 51.3% 53.6%±6.7Highest MS: 51.3%

Ridgeland and Flowood 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% 9.9%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.2%Highest MS: 70% 47.3%Lowest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 15 yrs newer than MS 1991Lowest 5 yrs newer than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 16% below MS 21 minLowest 18% below MS

Work from home 9.8%±4.3Highest MS: 5.9% 9%±2Lowest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.5%Lowest 17.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.8 mi 7.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 5.29Highest 2.45Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Jackson (32%)Jackson (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 9% work in Ridgeland7% work in Flowood

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.8%Lowest 7.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 15.3 miHighest 5.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.9Lowest 44.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #9 of 92 in MS #57 of 92 in MS

School district Rankin County School DistrictMadison County Schools

High school in town Northwest High SchoolRidgeland High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.9Highest 12.9Lowest

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 Ridgeland

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Flowood

Flowood places higher on 12 of 21 MS lists

What daily life feels like in each

8 miles apart

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