County profile
Holmes County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2647 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$334.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,857
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
208
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,465
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.6%
Median HH income
$32.5k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
13.9%±2.4%
Poverty rate
36.4%±4.6%
Business applications
311 · 2025
Retail establishments
49
31.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care41%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services8%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,465
residents · 2025 · -8.4% since 2020
Income per capita $40.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,214
International migration+1
Natural change−214
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$295.8M2019
$300.5M2020
$320.6M2021
$313.8M2022
$337.8M2023
$334.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$80.4k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$590/mo±$72/mo
Vacancy rate
18.9%±2.4%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$3.4M
20 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 84Tornado 82Hail 72
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 2021222021
182022
202023
192024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.3 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
13.5 km
CN
Nearest port
37.8 km
FARMERS GRAIN TERMINAL, BELZONI DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
90.3 km
JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.8k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Holmes?
Holmes's economy produced $334.2M in 2024, contracting 1.1% year over year — slower than 83% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.