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%

Thaxton$1,370/mo

Typical home $240K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.56% · or rent about $820/mo · Housing →

Algoma$1,650/mo

Typical home $244K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $864/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,300 a year, between Algoma and Thaxton.

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

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Snow a year1″1″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 47th

Outdoors & history

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Archive photos—2

Famous people born here—1

Community

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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

11 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

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Thaxton ↔ Algoma11 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

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People

Population 688Lowest 897Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.6%Lowest +19.5%Highest

Median age 36±15.3Lowest 7% below MS 36.7±4.9Highest 5% below MS

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

Kids under 18 19%±2.6Lowest MS: 23.3% 23.5%±5Highest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 16.9%±1.6Highest MS: 17.2% 15.4%±4.4Lowest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.2%Lowest MS: 25.1% 28.6%Highest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±2.5Lowest MS: 6.1% 5.2%±4.2Highest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $77,500±$27kHighest 37% above MS $58,125±$24kLowest about the MS average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $231,500±$51kHighest 36% above MS $186,500±$50kLowest 10% above MS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $820±$69Lowest 14% below MS $864±$261Highest 9% below MS

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,297 7% above MS —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.3%±94.2Highest MS: 51.3% 17.9%±51.2Lowest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 16.1%Highest MS: 18.9% 5%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.4%Lowest MS: 70% 89.4%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Lowest 7 yrs newer than MS 1998Highest 12 yrs newer than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 9% above MS 24 minLowest 5% below MS

Work from home 1.3%±1.8Lowest MS: 5.9% 4.3%±4.6Highest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.16Highest 0.04Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Pontotoc (22%)Pontotoc (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AlgomaFew work in Thaxton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

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 2.3Lowest 5.5Highest

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.

Thaxton vs Algoma

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Algoma

What daily life feels like in each

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