ClearyMS
A town of 2,295, settled in 1896.
Is Cleary a good place to live?
The best of Cleary’s subject grades is an A for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. No town among the 102 in Mississippi we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Cleary. On the outdoors, just 2 of Mississippi’s 187 towns do worse. Cleary has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Cleary for work
Where Cleary’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cleary grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Cleary is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cleary: who provides what
Cleary is unincorporated, so Rankin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cleary.
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Cleary’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Cleary for work: only 0% work in town. Cleary’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both Mississippi’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). 15% of Cleary residents live below the poverty line.
| Cleary | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 21% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Cleary trails 71% of U.S. towns
Cleary beats the Mississippi average on 5 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 32% of Cleary adults get no exercise outside work, where Mississippi’s towns sit at 36% and U.S. towns at 25%. 45% of adults have high blood pressure in Cleary.
| Cleary | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 45% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cleary | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.8% | 16.8% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 11.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer middle-aged adults than Mississippi overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 27% of residents (37% statewide); people 65 and older are 26% of residents (17% statewide). 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 25% across Mississippi.
| Cleary | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37.3 years | 37 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 25% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±10 points. Across Mississippi, 51.5% of residents are women.
| Cleary | MS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 16.9% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.5% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.3% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 2.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.4% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.8% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 12.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.2% | 29.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.3% | 21.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.8% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 15.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.5% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Mild winters and hot summers in Cleary
Cleary has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Cleary’s July high is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Cleary
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Cleary sells for about $219K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Natchez Trace Parkway and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cleary. Close and well known come first.
15 mi ParkwayNatchez Trace Parkway8.0M visitors a year
12 mi Stadium & arenaMississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
13 mi National MonumentMedgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument61K visitors a year
22 mi National Military ParkVicksburg National Military Park410K visitors a year
10 mi MuseumMississippi Civil Rights Museum11 mi Zoo & aquariumJackson ZooPhoto credits
Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium: Jfurr1981 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument: Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vicksburg National Military Park: Eoghanacht at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Mississippi Civil Rights Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Cleary
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Cleary
About 11 of every 100 Cleary residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Mississippi.
About Cleary
Census-designated place in Mississippi, United States
Cleary is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,688.
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- Area
- 5.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 384 ft
Cleary’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Cleary.
Cleary has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cleary and Florence report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cleary with a neighbor →
Questions about Cleary
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cleary, MS expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $166,000, 14% below the Mississippi typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.