County profile
Prentiss County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2027 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$799.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,563
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
482
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,284
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$49.7k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
19.7%±3.0%
Poverty rate
16.8%±2.8%
Business applications
270 · 2025
Retail establishments
91
36.0/10k 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
Manufacturing44%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation14%
Health care13%
Construction8%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,284
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $41.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+540
International migration+147
Natural change−367
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$612.3M2019
$650.0M2020
$679.6M2021
$718.0M2022
$781.9M2023
$799.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.5k±$11.1k
Median gross rent
$637/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±2.5%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$1.8M
8 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 88Cold wave 78Tornado 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1822016
1832017
1962018
1962019
2042020
2192021
2422022
2562023
2932024
3282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 2021112021
102022
102023
222024
82025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.0 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
5.2 km
CPKC
Nearest port
22.7 km
COOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS TENN-TOM UNIT
Nearest commercial airport
45.1 km
TUPELO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Prentiss?
Prentiss's economy produced $799.4M in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.