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%

Leakesville$910/mo

Typical home $152K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.87% · or rent about $767/mo · Housing →

Latimer$1,090/mo

Typical home $189K (Census) · tax rate 0.61% · or rent about $1,122/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Latimer and Leakesville.

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

Latimer places higher on 10 of 18 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.

Schools

B−LeakesvilleBetter than 52% of districts in the state –LatimerNot graded

Health

DLeakesvilleHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns DLatimerHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

8Leakesville

10Latimer

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 104 towns #1#100 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 104 towns #99#42 Most conserved landOutdoors · 94 towns #17#67 Cheapest rentCost of living · 99 towns #25#77 Most affordableCost of living · 102 towns #30#68 Most walkableOutdoors · 104 towns #64#102 Most remote workersWork · 102 towns #91#56 Shortest commuteGetting around · 104 towns #104#70

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

LeakesvilleLatimer

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)89th 90th

Outdoors & history

LeakesvilleLatimer

Trails2 mi —

Conserved land7.7%—

Archive photos1 —

Famous people born here4 —

Community

LeakesvilleLatimer

Library hours a week40 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

49 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LeakesvilleMS LatimerMS

Leakesville ↔ Latimer49 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

LeakesvilleLatimer

People

Population 4,959Lowest 6,756Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +320.4%Highest +10.5%Lowest

Median age 43.3±3.1Highest 12% above MS 38.7±3.7Lowest about the MS average

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

Kids under 18 8.8%±3.4Lowest MS: 23.3% 22.8%±3.7Highest MS: 23.3%

Age 65+ 10.3%±2.8Lowest MS: 17.2% 15.4%±2.2Highest MS: 17.2%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.6%Lowest MS: 25.1% 17%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±2.4Highest MS: 6.1% 3.4%±1.8Lowest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,428±$22kLowest 21% above MS $70,237±$11kHighest 24% above MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $114,300±$14kLowest 33% below MS $189,400±$15kHighest 12% above MS

Rentmedian gross, monthly $767±$132Lowest 20% below MS $1,122±$131Highest 18% above MS

Property taxmedian, yearly $996Lowest 18% below MS $1,155Highest 5% below MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61%±100Highest MS: 51.3% 49%±25Lowest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 20.4%Highest MS: 18.9% 16.1%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.8%Lowest MS: 70% 81.8%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 12 yrs older than MS 1998Highest 12 yrs newer than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 48 minHighest 88% above MS 25 minLowest 4% below MS

Work from home 1.2%±1.9Lowest MS: 5.9% 5%±2.6Highest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 15%Highest 1.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 48.3 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.38Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hattiesburg (8%)Biloxi (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LatimerFew work in Leakesville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.7%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 31.1Highest 14.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #43 of 92 in MS—

School district Greene County Schools—

High school in town Greene County High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 12.0 —

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.

Leakesville vs Latimer

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Latimer

Latimer places higher on 10 of 18 MS lists

What daily life feels like in each

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