Living in Greenville, MS
Small city in Mississippi
Greenville is a small city in Mississippi, home to about 29,000 people, with 64,000 living within 31 mi. Day to day, most trips are by car. Life moves at a slow, calm pace, and homes are mostly houses.
Is Greenville a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Affordable housing: a typical 3-bedroom home is about $111k and rents for $1,180 a month
- Low taxes: about $803 state income tax per resident, 0.96% property tax
- Sunny: more sunshine and clearer skies than most places
👎 Cons
- Smaller job market: about 64,000 people live within 31 mi
- Quieter on culture: few museums and attractions nearby
- Fewer graduates: 20% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher
- Weaker public schools: test results well below the US average
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Key facts
Living in Greenville: common questions
What is the cost of living in Greenville?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $111k, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $1,180 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are below the US average (index 87, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Greenville?
Mississippi collects about $803 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 0.96% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Greenville safe?
Greenville isn't in the FBI's 2019 city crime table, so Best Life Fit Me counts its safety as average.
How are the schools in Greenville?
Public schools in Greenville test well below the US average in math and reading (2018–19 state tests, put on one national scale with NAEP), with about 18 students per teacher.
What is the weather like in Greenville?
Greenville has mild winters: winter days average around 56°F and summer days around 91°F.
Does Greenville get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is moderate, mainly from flooding, tornadoes and earthquakes: 13 federally declared disasters have hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 1.68 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Greenville?
The nearest major airport is MEM, about 130 mi away.
How Greenville scores
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