What is the cheapest city to buy a house in Mississippi?

Jackson, with a median closed price of $145,900 over its reporting window, among Mississippi cities where Resideline tracked at least 100 closings inside the city limits.

Are these asking prices or sale prices?

Closed sale prices. Every price median is the price homes actually closed at inside the municipal boundary, not a listing price. The one column measured differently is realized appreciation, which uses the postal city, as the note under the table says.

Why does a cheap city show a high price per square foot?

Because the ranking median covers every property type that closed, condos and multi-family included, while the $/sqft column is single-family houses only. In cities where most sales are condos, the median price is low and the house $/sqft can still be high.

Is the appreciation figure a forecast?

No. It is the median annual change between consecutive sales of the same home, on repeat-sale pairs. It is historical and nominal, and it says what happened, not what will.

Cheapest Cities to Buy a House in Mississippi (2026)

Every Mississippi city below cleared 100 closings in its window and is ranked by the median price homes actually closed at, not the asking price. The columns beside it are the questions that follow a low price: what you pay per square foot, what the same homes did on resale, and how quickly listings go.

The ranking

#	City	Median closed price	Houses $/sqft	Realized appreciation	Days to contract	Closings	Window
1	Jackson	$145,900	$87	n/a	25	631	six months
2	Gautier	$209,000	$132	n/a	20	319	12 months
3	Gulfport	$215,500	$140	n/a	29	556	six months
4	Hattiesburg	$227,250	$122	n/a	22	192	six months
5	Petal	$235,000	$149	n/a	29	185	12 months
6	Pearl	$255,000	$162	n/a	24	223	six months
7	Clinton	$260,000	$141	n/a	33	297	12 months
8	Southaven	$285,000	$154	n/a	19	381	six months

1. Jackson, $145,900

The median closed price in Jackson is $145,900 across the last six months, which puts it at roughly 51 percent of the state figure. Resideline tracked 631 closings there, roughly 105 a month. Single-family houses closed at a median of $87 per square foot across 583 sales with usable living area. The median listed home took 25 days to go under contract, across 522 listed closings. About 21.6 percent of listings that sold were marketed as-is or distressed, which is high and part of why the entry price is low. Full detail is on the Jackson market page.

2. Gautier, $209,000

Gautier's median closed price over the last 12 months was $209,000, around 73 percent of what the typical Mississippi sale closed at. 319 closings sit behind that figure, about 27 a month, enough to price against. Single-family houses closed at a median of $132 per square foot across 293 sales with usable living area. The median listed home was under contract in 20 days, so a buyer here needs financing lined up before the search, not after. Full detail is on the Gautier market page.

3. Gulfport, $215,500

The median closed price in Gulfport is $215,500 across the last six months, which puts it at roughly 76 percent of the state figure. Resideline tracked 556 closings there, roughly 93 a month. Single-family houses closed at a median of $140 per square foot across 478 sales with usable living area. Listed homes went under contract in a median of 29 days. About 7.5 percent of listings that sold were marketed as-is or distressed, which is high and part of why the entry price is low. Full detail is on the Gulfport market page.

4. Hattiesburg, $227,250

The median closed price in Hattiesburg is $227,250 across the last six months, which puts it at roughly 80 percent of the state figure. Resideline tracked 192 closings there, roughly 32 a month. Single-family houses closed at a median of $122 per square foot across 164 sales with usable living area. Listed homes went under contract in a median of 22 days, which is fast for the state and leaves little time to deliberate. About 6.1 percent of listings that sold were marketed as-is or distressed, which is high and part of why the entry price is low. Full detail is on the Hattiesburg market page.

5. Petal, $235,000

Petal's median closed price over the last 12 months was $235,000, around 82 percent of what the typical Mississippi sale closed at. 185 closings sit behind that figure, about 15 a month, enough to price against. On a per-square-foot basis, houses there closed at a median of $149, measured on 175 sales. The median listed home took 29 days to go under contract, across 123 listed closings. Full detail is on the Petal market page.

6. Pearl, $255,000

Homes in Pearl closed at a median of $255,000 over the last six months, about 89 percent of the Mississippi statewide median. 223 closings sit behind that figure, about 37 a month, enough to price against. Single-family houses closed at a median of $162 per square foot across 218 sales with usable living area. The median listed home was under contract in 24 days, so a buyer here needs financing lined up before the search, not after. Full detail is on the Pearl market page.

7. Clinton, $260,000

The median closed price in Clinton is $260,000 across the last 12 months, which puts it at roughly 91 percent of the state figure. 297 closings sit behind that figure, about 25 a month, enough to price against. Single-family houses closed at a median of $141 per square foot across 284 sales with usable living area. The median listed home took 33 days to go under contract, across 251 listed closings. Full detail is on the Clinton market page.

8. Southaven, $285,000

Homes in Southaven closed at a median of $285,000 over the last six months, close to the statewide median. 381 closings sit behind that figure, about 64 a month, enough to price against. Single-family houses closed at a median of $154 per square foot across 368 sales with usable living area. Listed homes went under contract in a median of 19 days, which is fast for the state and leaves little time to deliberate. Full detail is on the Southaven market page.

Note: realized appreciation is the one column measured on the postal city, from repeat sales of the same home across the ZIP codes that share the city's name; every other figure is confined to the municipal boundary.

How to read this list

A low median is where the analysis starts, not where it ends. Property type, size, condition and block move a number far more than the city line does, so check any address on this list against its own comparable closings.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked. Appreciation is the median annual change between consecutive sales of the same home; it is historical, nominal and not a projection.