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Soso is a tiny town of 431 people in Jones County, Mississippi. It's about 31 miles from Hattiesburg, MS and 189 miles from Birmingham, AL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 60°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $149k and rent runs about $882 a month.
431people
$149kTypical home
$882/moRent
93° / 60°Summer / winter
0"Snow
246Sunny days
111Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 431
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 212 people per sq mi
- 189 mi to Birmingham, AL
- 31 mi to Hattiesburg, MS
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $149k (≈$938/mo)
- Median rent $882/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 60°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 71°F)
- 246 sunny days a year (110 totally clear)
- 119 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 111 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (290 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,772 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 34% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to PIB airport
- 135 mi to MSY (major hub)
- 54 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 77% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 325 ft
- 93 mi to the ocean
- 120 mi to a big lake
- 68 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 39 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 43 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 33% of Mississippi districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 79 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 29 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jones County: R+47 in 2024
- Mississippi: R+23 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.