Stoop & Kin

Jackson County, Mississippi

What farmland and houses are worth here, from the public figures, and where to look next.

Farmland and its buildings in Jackson County averaged $5,657 an acre in the 2022 Census of Agriculture: the 81st cheapest of the 82 counties in Mississippi, 68% above the Mississippi average in the same census ($3,369).

In the 2017 census it was $5,012 an acre, so the average has risen 13% in five years.

Jackson County in figures
Farmland and buildings, an acre, 2022 $5,657
The same, 2017 $5,012 +13%
Farms counted, 2022 393 (473 in 2017)
Average farm 70 acres
Share of the county that is farmland 6%
Median value of an owner-occupied home $193,100 ± $6,211

The farm figure is land and buildings together, averaged over every farm in the county, from the largest ranch to the smallest holding. It is for comparing one county with another, not a price for any parcel: a few acres with road frontage usually costs more an acre than the average, not less.

Source: USDA, 2022 Census of Agriculture, Mississippi county data, Table 8; Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, table B25077

Next door

The counties that share a border with Jackson County, cheapest farmland first.

Neighbouring counties
countyFarmland an acre Median home
Stone County $3,998 $161,100
George County $4,441 $166,900
Harrison County $9,527 $212,200

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