Petal, MS Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months
What homes actually sell for in Petal: a median closing price of $235,000 across 190 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Petal, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Petal sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of September 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 12 months: 190
- •Median sold price, last 12 months: $235,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $144
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $184,800 and $298,900
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 190 closed sales in Petal over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $235,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $184,800 and $298,900. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 100% of the Petal closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 181 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $118 and $160 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Petal, MS (September 2026)
The median home price in Petal is $235,000, measured across the 190 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $184,800 and $298,900.
Where Petal sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Petal over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $184,800 and $298,900. Among the 15 Mississippi markets with a published band, Petal's middle-half spread ($184,800 to $298,900) ranks 6th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 29 days, across 128 Petal closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 32 days, across 113 Petal closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
The Petal angle
Strict property type and size criteria can leave you with almost nothing here, so keep the criteria that genuinely matter, extend the radius or the window in measured steps, and weight the nearest matches most heavily. Treat $235,000 as indicative of the city while you do it. Direction matters too. The band is not symmetric around $235,000: the stretch up to $298,900 is longer than the stretch down to $184,800. A comp set that drifts above the midpoint spans more price than an equal drift below it, so check where your comps sit before you trust the answer.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Mississippi: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Mississippi homes, and most Mississippi estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Mississippi one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Petal address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Petal, MS
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2856800
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 190
Median sold price: $235,000
Median sold $/sqft: $144 (181 qualifying)
Property mix: 100% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Petal over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Petal?
The median sold price in Petal over the last 12 months is $235,000, measured across 190 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Petal last month?
Resideline tracked 13 closed sales in Petal in August 2026, out of 190 closings tracked over the last 12 months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Petal?
The middle half of Petal sales over the last 12 months closed between $184,800 and $298,900, with a median of $235,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Petal?
Among qualifying Petal closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $144, measured across 181 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Can I trust the Petal figures given how few sales sit behind them?
Treat them as indicative. Rather than filtering until nothing remains, keep the criteria that clearly change value and widen radius or time window in measured steps. Note where the width sits: $235,000 to $298,900 spans more dollars than $184,800 to $235,000. The higher a subject sits in the range, the less the citywide midpoint constrains it and the more the matched closings have to carry.