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%

Hickory Flat$940/mo

Typical home $168K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $733/mo · Housing →

D'Lo$760/mo

Typical home $132K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $835/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Hickory Flat and D'Lo.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

C+Hickory FlatBetter than 41% of districts in the state –D'LoNot graded

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

Hickory FlatD'Lo

Snow a year3″1″

January low28°F 38°F

July high90°F 95°F

Growing season (days)202d 252d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 78th

Outdoors & history

Hickory FlatD'Lo

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled—1874

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here1 4

Community

Hickory FlatD'Lo

Library hours a week35 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

186 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hickory FlatMS D'LoMS

Hickory Flat ↔ D'Lo186 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

Hickory FlatD'Lo

People

Population 544Highest 443Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -17.5% —

Median age 43±22.5Highest 11% above MS 38.2±9.7Lowest about the MS average

Hickory Flat and D'Lo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 18.2%±8.9Lowest MS: 23.3% 25.5%±10.2Highest MS: 23.3%

D'Lo and Hickory Flat are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 24.6%±7Highest MS: 17.2% 20.1%±5.2Lowest MS: 17.2%

Hickory Flat and D'Lo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.1%Highest MS: 25.1% 7.2%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±3.2Lowest MS: 6.1% 2.3%±4.5Highest MS: 6.1%

D'Lo and Hickory Flat are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $34,722±$13kHighest 38% below MS $31,667±$6kLowest 44% below MS

Hickory Flat and D'Lo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,600±$15kHighest 35% below MS $79,300±$37kLowest 53% below MS

Hickory Flat and D'Lo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $733±$71Lowest 23% below MS $835±$160Highest 12% below MS

D'Lo and Hickory Flat are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $490Lowest 60% below MS $506Highest 58% below MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 86.1%±29.3Highest MS: 51.3% 45%±36.1Lowest MS: 51.3%

Hickory Flat and D'Lo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 25.8%Lowest MS: 18.9% 39.3%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.9%Lowest MS: 70% 59.9%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 9 yrs older than MS 1971Lowest 15 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest about the MS average 31 minHighest 20% above MS

Work from home 6.7%±8.4Highest MS: 5.9% 0%±11.3Lowest MS: 5.9%

Hickory Flat and D'Lo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 34.8 miHighest 26.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.70Highest 0.07Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Holly Springs (8%)Jackson (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in D'LoFew work in Hickory Flat

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 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.4Lowest 67.9Highest

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

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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.

Hickory Flat vs D'Lo

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Where they differ most

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Hickory Flat

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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