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PicayuneMS

Picayune, MS is a 11K-resident city in Pearl River County with a median household income of $41,213.

Pearl River County, Mississippi. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Picayune, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Picayune has a population larger than 4% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $157,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 5%
By size
$41,213
Median income (place)
$157,100
Median home (place)
20.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Picayune

Picayune posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Picayune area.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Picayune

Where Picayune income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$41,213 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Picayune $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MS

Population among 41 MS places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jackson is the largest MS city on this list; Madison leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MS

Median household income among the same 41-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Madison posts the highest place-level median income in MS; Jackson is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Picayune, MS beyond the headline numbers

Picayune sits inside Pearl River County, Mississippi, at roughly 30.53°N, -89.68°W. Population 10,675, $41,213 median household income. Median home value $157,100, median rent $931. Poverty rate 20.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Picayune, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

20.6% of Picayune, MS residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Picayune costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 5.9% of Picayune workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 46% in Picayune, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Picayune workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 41.8 years, Picayune's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Picayune from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,675
Picayune · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$41,213
-54% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$157,100
-62% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Pearl River County): Picayune's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
57K+3%
Median Income
$58,135+37%
Median Home Value
$182,300+63%
Poverty Rate
16.5%-26%
Unemployment
6.1%-46%

Economics

Economics indicators for Picayune, MS
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$931/mo
Poverty Rate
20.6% +66% vs avg
Unemployment 6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.2%
Work From Home 5.9%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 52.6%
African American 38.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
46%
Short Sleep Duration
43%
Obesity
41.1%
Physical Inactivity
36.4%
Current Smoking
18.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.9%
Diabetes
16.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.2%
Binge Drinking
12.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 8.2%
Annual Checkup 81.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.2%
Stroke
5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
HIGHLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
PICAYUNE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Picayune?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Picayune right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet MS-PICAYUNE · Picayune

Picayune: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Picayune; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Mississippi state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Picayune, MS? ▼
Picayune, MS has a population of 10,675 people, located in Pearl River County, Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Picayune? ▼
The median household income in Picayune, MS is $41,213 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.6%.
What is the median home value in Picayune? ▼
The median home value in Picayune, MS is $157,100. Median rent is $931/month.
What are the top health concerns in Picayune? ▼
The top health indicators in Picayune include High Blood Pressure (46%), Short Sleep Duration (43%), Obesity (41.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Picayune? ▼
Picayune has 1 hospital with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Picayune? ▼
The median age in Picayune, MS is 41.8 years. 16.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Picayune, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MS (20.6% here).

St. Louis, MO 20.6% New Bedford, MA 20.6% Fayetteville, AR 20.6% Mankato, MN 20.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MS ($41,213 here).

Forest Park, GA $41,211 Mountain Home, AR $41,274 Greenwood, SC $41,150 Gaffney, SC $41,089

Compare Picayune with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Carriere, MS 13K Slidell, LA 28K Bogalusa, LA 12K Mandeville, LA 12K Long Beach, MS 16K West Gulfport, MS 71K Gulfport, MS 72K Chalmette, LA 17K
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Using Picayune's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Picayune area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Picayune against Mississippi peers on any ranking lens. Explore Mississippi

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Pearl River County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.