Home Value Trail

States › Mississippi › 2016

State, one year

Mississippi in 2016

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2016 the FHFA house price index for Mississippi changed +2.5%, against +5.3% for the United States and +2.4% in 2015.

6,886 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (6,142 single-family), +0.6% on 2015; the national total was 1,206,642.

+2.5%Mississippi index, 2015–2016US +5.3%
6,886housing units permitted in 20166,142 single-family
49 of 68counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.8%
1,206,642units permitted nationally in 2016
← 2015Mississippi overview2017 →

Counties in 2016

Ranked by the county index change from 2015 to 2016 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2016; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2016Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Perry County+14.1%000.0
Chickasaw County+11.6%440.2
Webster County+10.2%330.3
Yalobusha County+8.8%12121.0
Covington County+7.5%220.1
Lawrence County+7.5%110.1
Adams County+7.4%33331.1
Itawamba County+6.3%440.2
Calhoun County+6.2%220.2
Coahoma County+6.2%16160.8
Prentiss County+5.9%1790.7
Sunflower County+5.7%990.4
Hancock County+5.1%47834210.2
Marshall County+4.6%1491494.3
Wayne County+4.6%750.4
Lafayette County+4.4%4102566.9
Harrison County+4.3%9158894.2
Oktibbeha County+4.2%87791.7
DeSoto County+4.1%1,1741,1615.9
Tate County+3.9%91833.2
Warren County+3.9%220.0
Copiah County+3.8%770.3
Pontotoc County+3.5%45231.4
Panola County+3.4%11110.3
Lee County+3.1%2262262.7
Monroe County+2.8%330.1
Jones County+2.6%26240.4
Simpson County+2.5%28281.1
Madison County+2.4%7147146.1
Pearl River County+2.3%2202023.7
Lamar County+2.2%990.1
Forrest County+2.1%165922.1
Lauderdale County+2.0%67651.0
Rankin County+2.0%7197154.4
Grenada County+1.8%880.4
Hinds County+1.7%1941940.9
Leflore County+1.7%13130.5
Jackson County+1.6%3833832.6
Benton County+1.5%000.0
Lincoln County+1.5%12120.3
George County+1.4%110.0
Leake County+1.2%000.0
Tippah County+1.2%770.3
Union County+0.9%14140.5
Smith County+0.8%330.2
Amite County+0.5%110.1
Lowndes County+0.5%1251252.2
Neshoba County+0.4%110.0
Scott County+0.4%770.2
Carroll County0.0%000.0
Washington County−0.1%27270.7
Bolivar County−0.4%26260.9
Marion County−0.9%1200.5
Pike County−1.0%19024.9
Winston County−1.0%330.2
Montgomery County−1.3%75118.0
Attala County−2.0%550.3
Alcorn County−2.1%10100.3
Tishomingo County−2.4%330.2
Clarke County−2.6%220.1
Jasper County−2.9%000.0
Franklin County−3.9%000.0
Stone County−4.1%52522.6
Newton County−4.3%000.0
Yazoo County−4.4%11110.5
Greene County−4.7%000.0
Walthall County−4.7%000.0
Clay County−9.2%12120.7
Choctaw County—000.0

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Mississippi by year010,00020,0001995: 10,753 units (7,267 single-family, 3,486 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 10,367 units (8,061 single-family, 2,306 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 10,079 units (7,801 single-family, 2,278 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 12,879 units (8,671 single-family, 4,208 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 12,871 units (9,594 single-family, 3,277 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 11,270 units (7,624 single-family, 3,646 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 9,908 units (8,061 single-family, 1,847 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 11,276 units (8,881 single-family, 2,395 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 12,010 units (10,138 single-family, 1,872 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 14,532 units (11,199 single-family, 3,333 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 13,396 units (11,656 single-family, 1,740 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 16,618 units (14,138 single-family, 2,480 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 16,832 units (10,873 single-family, 5,959 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 11,428 units (7,439 single-family, 3,989 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 6,995 units (5,465 single-family, 1,530 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 5,259 units (4,427 single-family, 832 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 5,273 units (4,269 single-family, 1,004 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 6,039 units (4,879 single-family, 1,160 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 6,799 units (5,143 single-family, 1,656 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 6,871 units (5,548 single-family, 1,323 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 6,845 units (5,608 single-family, 1,237 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 6,886 units (6,142 single-family, 744 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 7,481 units (6,531 single-family, 950 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 6,883 units (6,136 single-family, 747 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 6,952 units (6,164 single-family, 788 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 7,810 units (7,190 single-family, 620 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 7,988 units (7,384 single-family, 604 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 7,568 units (7,001 single-family, 567 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 7,700 units (7,145 single-family, 555 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 7,883 units (7,518 single-family, 365 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 8,405 units (7,318 single-family, 1,087 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Mississippi by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.