Gulfport, MS
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Gulfport ranks 230th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 241st for income. A household earns $65,256 a year while median rent runs $1,146/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 10% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is cost of living (56th of 300), while hazard safety is the soft spot (268th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 114th and home prices 65th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Gulfport, your take-home is worth about $65,056 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 241st of 300↑28.9%$65,256
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 56th of 30090 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $72,502
- Per-capita income
- $35,892
- Full-time pay
- $41,154
Housing
- Median rent
- 114th of 300↑26.4%$1,146/mo
- Home value
- 65th of 300↑49.1%$227,600
- Property tax
- $1,409/yr · 0.6%
- Sales tax
- 7.06%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 189th of 3004.8%
- Bachelor's+
- 207th of 30029.5%
- Avg commute
- 231st of 30027.2 min
People
- Population
- 426,793
- Population change
- +2.2%
- Median age
- 40.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 4.5%
- Broadband
- 92.2%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 162nd of 30047
- Natural-hazard loss
- 268th of 300$32/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 229th of 30021.1%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 11.4%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Home prices
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Education
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — gulfport - biloxi ap.
What jobs pay in Gulfport
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $311,740
- Pharmacists
- $137,940
- IT managers
- $127,460
- Financial managers
- $115,320
- General & operations managers
- $107,480
- Software developers
- $104,240
- Civil engineers
- $87,960
- Lawyers
- $87,210
- Registered nurses
- $78,960
- Accountants & auditors
- $76,380
- Plumbers
- $63,040
- Electricians
- $62,440
- Secondary school teachers
- $57,240
- Elementary school teachers
- $50,820
- Carpenters
- $49,470
- Police officers
- $48,050
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $46,240
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $45,990
- Construction laborers
- $38,880
- Customer service reps
- $37,540
- Janitors
- $29,700
- Retail salespersons
- $28,880
- Cashiers
- $27,300
- Waiters & waitresses
- $22,600
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Gulfport metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Mississippi are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Louisiana2,585
- Alabama1,949
- Texas1,466
- Florida1,305
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Gulfport metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Gulfport metro?
- Median gross rent across the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area is $1,146 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Gulfport.
- What is the median household income in the Gulfport metro?
- A typical household in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area earns $65,256 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Gulfport expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area runs about 10% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Gulfport metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $72,502 (versus its face value of $65,256). CityLedger rates the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Gulfport metro?
- The median home value across the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area is $227,600 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Gulfport metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area is 4.8% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).