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Drew is a small town of 2,132 people in Sunflower County, Mississippi. It's about 95 miles from Memphis, TN. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 52°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $66k and rent runs about $704 a month.
2,132people
$66kTypical home
$704/moRent
92° / 52°Summer / winter
1"Snow
254Sunny days
104Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,132
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,900 people per sq mi
- 95 mi to Memphis, TN
- 95 mi to Memphis, TN
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $66k (≈$418/mo)
- Median rent $704/mo
- Median household income $24k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 13.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 52°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 254 sunny days a year (124 totally clear)
- 111 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 104 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (45 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (218 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 28% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to GLH airport
- 91 mi to MEM (major hub)
- 29 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 69% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 144 ft
- 237 mi to the ocean
- 175 mi to a big lake
- 33 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 26 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 8 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 22% of Mississippi districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 70 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 67 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Sunflower County: D+35 in 2024
- Mississippi: R+23 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk