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%

Sallis$820/mo

Typical home $121K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

Sledge$510/mo

Typical home $85K (Census) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $774/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,700 a year, between Sallis and Sledge.

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

SallisSledge

Snow a year1″1″

January low33°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)239d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 72nd

Outdoors & history

SallisSledge

Settled1874 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos1 2

Famous people born here2 5

Community

SallisSledge

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

101 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SallisMS SledgeMS

Sallis ↔ Sledge101 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

SallisSledge

People

Population 212Lowest 270Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -32.5%

Median age 44.5±17.5Highest 15% above MS 41±17.1Lowest 6% above MS

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

Kids under 18 6.1%±15.9Lowest MS: 23.3% 27.4%±11.7Highest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 25%±11.6Highest MS: 17.2% 14.4%±12.1Lowest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.5%Lowest MS: 25.1% 24.7%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±7Lowest MS: 6.1% 4.4%±6.9Highest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,991±$43kHighest 6% below MS $43,750±$10kLowest 22% below MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $94,300±$4kHighest 44% below MS $84,600±$7kLowest 50% below MS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $774±$109 19% below MS

Property taxmedian, yearly — $767 37% below MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 18.5%±76.8 MS: 51.3%

Below poverty line 2.8%Lowest MS: 18.9% 20.7%Highest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.6%Lowest MS: 70% 76.7%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 18 yrs older than MS 1986Highest same as MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 44 minHighest 71% above MS 32 minLowest 23% above MS

Work from home 15.2%±20.4Highest MS: 5.9% 2.4%±3Lowest MS: 5.9%

Sallis and Sledge 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 24.3 miLowest 38.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.03Lowest 0.17Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kosciusko (21%)Tunica Resorts (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SledgeFew work in Sallis

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 41.2Lowest 113Highest

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.

Sallis vs Sledge

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Sallis

What daily life feels like in each

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