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$1,020/mo

Typical home $171K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $918/mo · Housing →

Pachuta$910/mo

Typical home $158K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $390/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Hickory and Pachuta.

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

HickoryPachuta

Snow a year0″1″

January low33°F 36°F

July high93°F 93°F

Growing season (days)222d 239d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)69th 76th

Outdoors & history

HickoryPachuta

Archive photos7 —

Famous people born here7 —

Community

HickoryPachuta

Library hours a week—19 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

20 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HickoryPachuta

Hickory ↔ Pachuta20 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

HickoryPachuta

People

Population 471Highest 351Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -23% —

Median age 27.6±4.4Lowest 28% below MS 31.1±25.4Highest 19% below MS

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

Kids under 18 32.5%±6.1Lowest MS: 23.3% 32.8%±21.7Highest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 6.6%±3.7Lowest MS: 17.2% 19.1%±8.5Highest MS: 17.2%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.3%Lowest MS: 25.1% 23.5%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.8%±5.3Highest MS: 6.1% 3.1%±5.1Lowest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $59,000±$42kHighest 5% above MS $44,219±$17kLowest 22% below MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $107,800±$24kLowest 37% below MS $120,800±$46kHighest 29% below MS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $918±$538Highest 4% below MS $390±$135Lowest 59% below MS

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $947Highest 22% below MS $743Lowest 39% below MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.1%±100Highest MS: 51.3% 50%±76.1Lowest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 19.1%Lowest MS: 18.9% 26.5%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.3%Lowest MS: 70% 65.7%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 12 yrs older than MS 1972Lowest 14 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 17% above MS 48 minHighest 87% above MS

Work from home 1.6%±3.6Highest MS: 5.9% 0%±13.2Lowest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miLowest 29.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Lowest 0.60Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Meridian (18%)Meridian (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PachutaFew work in Hickory

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 51.1Highest 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.

Hickory vs Pachuta

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Where they part ways

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