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 →

Vicksburg$910/mo

Typical home $149K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $820/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Vicksburg 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

Vicksburg 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 DVicksburgSafer than 6% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−GrenadaBetter than 47% of districts in the state B−VicksburgBetter than 45% of districts in the state

Health

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

8Grenada

13Vicksburg

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

Best schoolsSchools · 92 towns #12#61 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 104 towns #36#88 Highest graduation rateSchools · 93 towns #92#50 Most trailsOutdoors · 64 towns #43#20 Most remote workersWork · 102 towns #65#98 Most walkableOutdoors · 104 towns #85#56 Fastest growingGrowth · 103 towns #63#87 Most new homesHousing · 88 towns #51#70

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

GrenadaVicksburg

Snow a year1″0″

January low31°F 38°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)222d 269d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 67th

Outdoors & history

GrenadaVicksburg

Trails6 mi 9 mi

Conserved land2%2.9%

Settled1836 1825

National Register places14 67

Archive photos—18

Community

GrenadaVicksburg

Library hours a week37 hrs 56 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

118 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GrenadaMS VicksburgMS

Grenada ↔ Vicksburg118 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

GrenadaVicksburg

People

Population 12,375Lowest 20,589Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3%Highest -9.6%Lowest

Median age 37.4±1.9Lowest 3% below MS 38.8±1.4Highest about the MS average

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

Kids under 18 24.5%±3.2Lowest MS: 23.3% 24.6%±2.4Highest MS: 23.3%

Vicksburg and Grenada 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% 17.7%±2Highest MS: 17.2%

Vicksburg 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%Lowest MS: 25.1% 27.1%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7%±2.3Highest MS: 6.1% 5.3%±1.1Lowest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,303±$7kHighest 18% below MS $45,781±$5kLowest 19% below MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $145,600±$31kHighest 14% below MS $125,900±$10kLowest 26% below MS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $802±$90Lowest 16% below MS $820±$81Highest 14% below MS

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,398Highest 15% above MS $1,317Lowest 8% above MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.6%±13.1Highest MS: 51.3% 48.5%±7.1Lowest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 26.6%Lowest MS: 18.9% 26.8%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.3%Highest MS: 70% 55%Lowest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Highest 10 yrs older than MS 1967Lowest 19 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 34% below MS 18 minHighest 32% below MS

Work from home 4.1%±3.5Highest MS: 5.9% 0.3%±0.2Lowest MS: 5.9%

Work in townworking residents 45%Highest 41.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.69Highest 1.58Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Greenwood (4%)Jackson (9%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 2.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.8 miLowest 9.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 23.1Lowest 33.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #12 of 92 in MS #61 of 92 in MS

School district Grenada School DistrictVicksburg Warren School District

High school in town Grenada High SchoolVicksburg High School

Students per teacherat that high school 13.4Highest 13.2Lowest

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.

Grenada vs Vicksburg

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

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Vicksburg places higher on 13 of 21 MS lists

What daily life feels like in each

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