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Yazoo City, MS Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q4 2023. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Yazoo City, MS Housing Market Trends

With 9,844 people, 3,444 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $120,652, house prices in Yazoo City are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Yazoo City, accounting for 68.74% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Yazoo City include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.02%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.58%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 7.14%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Yazoo City are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 38.62% owning and 61.38% renting.

At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Yazoo City's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 41.79% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Yazoo City include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 41.06%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 9.68%). There's also some housing in Yazoo City built before 1939 ( 7.46%).

Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Yazoo City. Fully 16.02% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Yazoo City homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Yazoo City real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.

Yazoo City Home Appreciation Rates

Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Yazoo City, where house values have increased just 29.94%, which is annualized rate of 2.65%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.

Over the last year, Yazoo City appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Yazoo City's appreciation rate has been 1.72%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Yazoo City were at 1.33%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.45%.

Relative to Mississippi, our data show that Yazoo City's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Mississippi.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$120,652

Yazoo City, MS Home Prices
> $1,212,000
$909,001 - $1,212,000
$606,001 - $909,000
$485,001 - $606,000
$364,001 - $485,000
$242,001 - $364,000
$121,001 - $242,000
$61,001 - $121,000
$0 - $61,000
1.5%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.8%
0.5%
0.5%
4.5%
4.5%
26.9%
26.9%
34.6%
34.6%
31.0%
31.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Low

for Mississippi

Very Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

3,444

Yazoo City Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,195 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
38.6%
38.6%
61.4%
61.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
16.0%
16.0%
84.0%
84.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
9.7%
9.7%
41.1%
41.1%
41.8%
41.8%
7.5%
7.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
68.7%
68.7%
1.2%
1.2%
9.6%
9.6%
13.0%
13.0%
7.1%
7.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
1.7%
1.7%
10.6%
10.6%
24.5%
24.5%
54.5%
54.5%
8.4%
8.4%
0.4%
0.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

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