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%

Winona$780/mo

Typical home $129K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.97% · or rent about $728/mo · Housing →

Wiggins$1,110/mo

Typical home $181K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $883/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Wiggins and Winona.

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

Wiggins places higher on 11 of 19 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.

Safety

–WinonaNot graded C−WigginsSafer than 19% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−WinonaBetter than 76% of districts in the state A−WigginsBetter than 80% of districts in the state

Health

D−WinonaHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns DWigginsHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

8Winona

11Wiggins

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 104 towns #13#76 Highest graduation rateSchools · 93 towns #1#50 Highest incomeIncome · 102 towns #99#53 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 104 towns #94#51 Most activeHealth · 104 towns #103#60 Best schoolsSchools · 92 towns #52#16 HealthiestHealth · 104 towns #103#63 Most remote workersWork · 102 towns #60#99

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

WinonaWiggins

Snow a year0″0″

January low—41°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—260d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 84th

Outdoors & history

WinonaWiggins

Trails—3 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1861 1904

National Register places7 —

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here24 7

Community

WinonaWiggins

Library hours a week45 hrs 40 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

185 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WinonaMS WigginsMS

Winona ↔ Wiggins185 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

WinonaWiggins

People

Population 4,183Lowest 4,293Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -10.7%Lowest -2.7%Highest

Median age 40.4±5.1Lowest 5% above MS 42.3±3.5Highest 10% above MS

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

Kids under 18 25.7%±6.8Highest MS: 23.3% 18.9%±4.5Lowest MS: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 21.1%±4.6Highest MS: 17.2% 13.9%±4Lowest MS: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.1%Highest MS: 25.1% 17.1%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.2%±3.4Highest MS: 6.1% 4.2%±2.9Lowest MS: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $31,932±$13kLowest 43% below MS $49,870±$13kHighest 12% below MS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $123,000±$20kHighest 28% below MS $112,700±$18kLowest 34% below MS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $728±$420Lowest 24% below MS $883±$58Highest 7% below MS

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,194Lowest about the MS average $1,236Highest about the MS average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.8%±16Highest MS: 51.3% 57.4%±22.1Lowest MS: 51.3%

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

Below poverty line 32.1%Highest MS: 18.9% 24.8%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62%Highest MS: 70% 59.8%Lowest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 10 yrs older than MS 1978Highest 8 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 32% below MS 26 minHighest about the MS average

Work from home 4.7%±3.7Highest MS: 5.9% 0.2%±1.2Lowest MS: 5.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 24.5%Lowest 28.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miLowest 32.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.95Lowest 1.97Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Grenada (12%)Hattiesburg (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WigginsFew work in Winona

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 2.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 23.8Lowest 29.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #52 of 92 in MS #16 of 92 in MS

School district Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School DistrictStone County School District

High school in town Winona Secondary SchoolStone High School

Students per teacherat that high school 10.5Lowest 12.6Highest

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.

Winona vs Wiggins

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Wiggins

Wiggins places higher on 11 of 19 MS lists

What daily life feels like in each

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