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%

Glen$610/mo

Typical home $108K (Census) · tax rate 0.46% · or rent about $731/mo · Housing →

Benoit$1,080/mo

Typical home $172K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.25% · or rent about $455/mo · Housing →

The difference: $470 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Benoit and Glen.

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.

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

GlenBenoit

Snow a year1″1″

January low30°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)213d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 65th

Outdoors & history

GlenBenoit

National Register places—1

Archive photos1 17

Famous people born here—4

Community

GlenBenoit

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

170 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GlenMS BenoitMS

Glen ↔ Benoit170 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

GlenBenoit

People

Population 401Lowest 509Highest

Median age 44.6±5.8Highest 16% above MS 39.7±11.1Lowest about the MS average

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

Kids under 18 15.7%±3.4Lowest MS: 23.3% 35.2%±11Highest MS: 23.3%

Age 65+ 22.9%±5.6Highest MS: 17.2% 15.5%±9.9Lowest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.8%Lowest MS: 25.1% 11.7%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±4.2Lowest MS: 6.1% 4.3%±4.1Highest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,227±$24k 7% above MS —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $107,800±$19kHighest 37% below MS $83,100±$75kLowest 51% below MS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $731±$355Highest 23% below MS $455±$174Lowest 52% below MS

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $500Lowest 59% below MS $1,040Highest 14% below MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MS: 51.3% 100%±100Highest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 13%Lowest MS: 18.9% 38.3%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.4%Highest MS: 70% 81.7%Lowest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 1 yr newer than MS 1958Lowest 28 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minLowest 20% above MS 42 minHighest 63% above MS

Work from home 5.1%±4.6Highest MS: 5.9% 1.5%±2.8Lowest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.22Highest 0.11Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Corinth (25%)Cleveland (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BenoitFew work in Glen

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.4Lowest 31.4Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Glen vs Benoit

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $470 more a month in Benoit

What daily life feels like in each

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