Cost of Living in Greenville
Greenville's cost of living centers on genuinely, dramatically affordable housing, offset by a substantially low median household income and disclosed tax-data tensions.
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Learn moreDramatically affordable housing across a wide spread
Housing-value figures ran $40,805 (Ownwell) to $114,009 (2024 estimated median) across sources, with median gross rent around $872/month -- genuinely, dramatically affordable (base record).
Mississippi's real, low 4.0% state income tax
Mississippi's real, current flat 4.0% individual income tax rate (tax year 2026) applies in Greenville as statewide (base record).
A real, disclosed property-tax tension
Ownwell cites Greenville's 1.95% effective rate, but this record discloses a real, unresolved tension against conflicting statewide-comparison figures (base record).
A genuinely, substantially low median household income
Greenville's median household income runs approximately $30,000, a real, disclosed figure well below Mississippi's own already-low statewide median (base record).
Key takeaways
- Housing-value figures ($40,805-$114,009) run dramatically affordable in Greenville.
- Mississippi's 4.0% flat state income tax (2026) applies statewide, including in Greenville.
- Greenville's property tax data carries a real, disclosed, unresolved cross-source tension.
- Median household income (~$30,000) runs genuinely, substantially low.
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