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%

Kossuth$1,200/mo

Typical home $208K (Census) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $1,000/mo · Housing →

McCool$1,010/mo

Typical home $151K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $190 a month, about $2,300 a year, between Kossuth and McCool.

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

A−KossuthBetter than 82% of districts in the state –McCoolNot 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

KossuthMcCool

Snow a year1″1″

January low30°F 33°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)213d 239d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th 57th

Outdoors & history

KossuthMcCool

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here—2

Community

KossuthMcCool

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

122 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KossuthMS McCoolMS

Kossuth ↔ McCool122 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

KossuthMcCool

People

Population 223Highest 93Lowest

Median age 56.5±19.2Lowest 46% above MS 63.8±19.6Highest 65% above MS

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

Kids under 18 15.7%±13Lowest MS: 23.3% 16.1%±24.3Highest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 44.4%±30.3Highest MS: 17.2% 44.1%±36.2Lowest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.1%Highest MS: 25.1% 18.9%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±6.9Highest MS: 6.1% 0%±21.3Lowest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $104,659±$10kHighest 85% above MS $53,750±$22kLowest 5% below MS

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $207,500±$97k 22% above MS —

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,000±$283 5% above MS —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,375 13% above MS —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 20%±100Highest MS: 51.3% 0%±100Lowest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 3.6%Lowest MS: 18.9% 26.9%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.7%Lowest MS: 70% 93.5%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Highest 10 yrs older than MS 1960Lowest 26 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 29% below MS 21 minHighest 17% below MS

Work from home 0%±18.2Lowest MS: 5.9% 26.9%±46.4Highest MS: 5.9%

McCool and Kossuth 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 17.3 mi 17.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.37Highest 0.27Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Corinth (30%)Kosciusko (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in McCoolFew work in Kossuth

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 9.3Lowest 11.7Highest

Schools

School district Alcorn School District—

High school in town Kossuth High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 12.7 —

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.

Kossuth vs McCool

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $190 more a month in Kossuth

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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