Webster County, MS real estate

What the numbers say

Webster County, MS real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

Homeowners in Webster County pay a median of $821 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $120,100, an effective rate of about 0.68%. The Mississippi average is 0.72%, which makes Webster County the #38 lowest-tax of 81 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $632 a month, and $580 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 16 times a year's rent.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $120,000 home here comes to about $773 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $33,000 a year (the median household here earns $58,789).