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Houston is a small town of 3,741 people in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It's about 96 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL and 100 miles from Memphis, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 53°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $123k and rent runs about $727 a month.
3,741people
$123kTypical home
$727/moRent
90° / 53°Summer / winter
1"Snow
246Sunny days
100Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,741
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 507 people per sq mi
- 100 mi to Memphis, TN
- 96 mi to Tuscaloosa, AL
- 30 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $123k (≈$774/mo)
- Median rent $727/mo
- Median household income $44k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 246 sunny days a year (116 totally clear)
- 119 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 100 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 1 night a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (18 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (35 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 31% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to TUP airport
- 97 mi to MEM (major hub)
- 72 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 338 ft
- 226 mi to the ocean
- 96 mi to a big lake
- 40 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 272 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 9 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 23 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 38% of Mississippi districts (reading)
- 17 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 28 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 31 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Chickasaw County: R+14 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