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%

Sledge$510/mo

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

Sallis$820/mo

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

SledgeSallis

Snow a year1″1″

January low—33°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—239d

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

Outdoors & history

SledgeSallis

Settled—1874

National Register places—1

Archive photos2 1

Famous people born here5 2

Community

SledgeSallis

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.

SledgeMS SallisMS

Sledge ↔ Sallis101 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

SledgeSallis

People

Population 270Highest 212Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -32.5% —

Median age 41±17.1Lowest 6% above MS 44.5±17.5Highest 15% 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 27.4%±11.7Highest MS: 23.3% 6.1%±15.9Lowest 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+ 14.4%±12.1Lowest MS: 17.2% 25%±11.6Highest 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+ 24.7%Highest MS: 25.1% 22.5%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±6.9Highest MS: 6.1% 1.4%±7Lowest 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 $43,750±$10kLowest 22% below MS $52,991±$43kHighest 6% 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 $84,600±$7kLowest 50% below MS $94,300±$4kHighest 44% 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 20.7%Highest MS: 18.9% 2.8%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 2.4%±3Lowest MS: 5.9% 15.2%±20.4Highest 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 38.3 miHighest 24.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SallisFew work in Sledge

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 113Highest 41.2Lowest

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.

Sledge vs Sallis

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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