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Housing in Kiln

A typical Kiln home is worth about $237,000

Up 4.9% in a year, 20% above the Mississippi typical home.

Typical home value
$237K
▲ 4.9% in a year · MS $198K
Zillow
Median sale price
$262K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in May · 16 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,190
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$779
MS $1,215

Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Kiln?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.3 years of income

About the same as across Mississippi. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$298,000
Typical Kiln home $237K

That covers a typical Kiln home, with $61K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,340
Loan $1,180Tax $90Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190 a month here, $150 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Kiln’s typical property tax (0.47% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Up 11.1% in five years

About the same pace as Mississippi (12.5%).

KilnMississippi
$125K$150K$175K$200K$225K$250K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryKilnMississippi
2017$153,000$138,000
2018$159,000$140,000
2019$165,000$144,000
2020$174,000$150,000
2021$195,000$162,000
2022$223,000$185,000
2023$225,000$188,000
2024$227,000$188,000
2025$229,000$195,000
2026$227,000$195,000
August 2026$237,000$198,000
Then & now

A typical Kiln home worth $152K in September 2016 is worth about $237K today.

+$86K
+4.9%
past year
+11.1%
past 5 years
+56.4%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190

Renters already here pay a median of $1,403.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,190
3 bedrooms$1,540
4 bedrooms$1,680
14%
of households rent · MS 30%
73
renter households
45%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MS 51%
20%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,403
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Gulfport-Biloxi, MS HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

86% of Kiln households own their home

Half of Kiln’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Mississippi: 70% own.

1990
typical home built · MS 1986
$779
median property tax bill · MS $1,215
0.47%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MS 0.72%
9%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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