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%

Grenada$800/mo

Typical home $132K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.96% · or rent about $802/mo · Housing →

Corinth$1,060/mo

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

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Corinth and Grenada.

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 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

–GrenadaNot graded DCorinthSafer than 12% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−GrenadaBetter than 47% of districts in the state B+CorinthBetter than 73% of districts in the state

Health

DGrenadaHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns DCorinthHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

7Grenada

13Corinth

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 93 towns #92#15 Lowest depressionHealth · 104 towns #27#74 Lowest obesityHealth · 104 towns #92#46 Best schoolsSchools · 92 towns #12#47 Cheapest rentCost of living · 99 towns #32#3 Lowest property taxCost of living · 102 towns #65#42 Most trailsOutdoors · 64 towns #43#29 Most walkableOutdoors · 104 towns #85#63

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

GrenadaCorinth

Snow a year1″1″

January low31°F 30°F

July high92°F 90°F

Growing season (days)222d 213d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 59th

Outdoors & history

GrenadaCorinth

Trails6 mi 7 mi

Conserved land2%4.3%

Settled1836 1853

National Register places14 15

Community

GrenadaCorinth

Library hours a week37 hrs 54 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

109 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GrenadaMS CorinthMS

Grenada ↔ Corinth109 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

GrenadaCorinth

People

Population 12,375Lowest 14,323Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3%Lowest +0.3%Highest

Median age 37.4±1.9Lowest 3% below MS 41.9±3.5Highest 9% above MS

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

Kids under 18 24.5%±3.2Highest MS: 23.3% 22%±2.8Lowest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 17.6%±2.3Lowest MS: 17.2% 19.8%±2.4Highest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.3%Highest MS: 25.1% 25.1%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7%±2.3Highest MS: 6.1% 3.2%±1.4Lowest MS: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,303±$7kHighest 18% below MS $44,226±$4kLowest 22% below MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $145,600±$31kLowest 14% below MS $177,100±$24kHighest 4% above MS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $802±$90Highest 16% below MS $601±$108Lowest 37% below MS

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,398Highest 15% above MS $1,204Lowest about the MS average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.6%±13.1Highest MS: 51.3% 42.8%±10.3Lowest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 26.6%Highest MS: 18.9% 18.7%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.3%Highest MS: 70% 50.5%Lowest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 10 yrs older than MS 1977Highest 9 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 34% below MS 19 minHighest 26% below MS

Work from home 4.1%±3.5Lowest MS: 5.9% 5.3%±2.6Highest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 45%Highest 35.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.69Highest 1.62Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Greenwood (4%)Tupelo (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CorinthFew work in Grenada

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 4.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.8 miLowest 6.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 23.1Lowest 31.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #12 of 92 in MS #47 of 92 in MS

School district Grenada School DistrictAlcorn School District · Corinth School District

High school in town Grenada High SchoolCorinth High School

Students per teacherat that high school 13.4Lowest 13.8Highest

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.

Grenada vs Corinth

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Corinth

Corinth places higher on 13 of 21 MS lists

What daily life feels like in each

109 miles apart

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