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Verona is a small town of 2,748 people in Lee County, Mississippi. It's about 75 miles from Florence, AL and 95 miles from Memphis, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 53°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $118k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,748people
$118kTypical home
$1,011/moRent
92° / 53°Summer / winter
0"Snow
241Sunny days
112Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,748
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 748 people per sq mi
- 95 mi to Memphis, TN
- 75 mi to Florence, AL
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $118k (≈$746/mo)
- Median rent $1,011/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 241 sunny days a year (111 totally clear)
- 124 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 112 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 (189 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,819 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 37% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to TUP airport
- 93 mi to MEM (major hub)
- 96 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 308 ft
- 242 mi to the ocean
- 71 mi to a big lake
- 52 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 248 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 111 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 27 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 27% of Mississippi districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 26 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 42 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 38 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lee County: R+39 in 2024
- Mississippi: R+23 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk