Hide-A-Way LakeMS
A town of 2,569.
Is Hide-A-Way Lake a good place to live?
Hide-A-Way Lake gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $195K, 3.4 years of the Picayune area’s $58K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 28th among Mississippi's 99 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Hide-A-Way Lake’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, where Mississippi’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. On history, just 12 of Mississippi’s 186 towns do worse.
Hide-A-Way Lake has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
1,859 counted in 2010 and 2,065 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Hide-A-Way Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Hide-A-Way Lake is from typical.
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Moving to Hide-A-Way Lake: who provides what
Hide-A-Way Lake is unincorporated, so Pearl River 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 Hide-A-Way Lake.
Hide-A-Way Lake trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and sends many workers across the state line to Slidell, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Mississippi (mostly hurricanes).
In Hide-A-Way Lake, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical Mississippi or U.S. town
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 100% of Mississippi towns, with expected losses of about $1,698 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
No town among the 101 in Mississippi we compare has a higher FEMA risk score than Hide-A-Way Lake. Since 2021, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hide-A-Way Lake.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hide-A-Way Lake stands out in Mississippi and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
28% of working residents cross a state line to work, Slidell among the top destinations. Hide-A-Way Lake has 36 jobs for its 721 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.6% of Hide-A-Way Lake working residents work locally. Among 99 Mississippi towns, just 7 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Hide-A-Way Lake. The median household income in Hide-A-Way Lake is $70,000.
| Hide-A-Way Lake | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 20% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Older than Mississippi overall
People 65 and older are 28% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). Hide-A-Way Lake’s median age is 43.4 years. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 25% across Mississippi.
| Hide-A-Way Lake | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.4 years | 37 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 24% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
62% women, 38% men
About 61 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±7.4 points). Across Mississippi, 51.5% of residents are women.
| Hide-A-Way Lake | MS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.8% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.7% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.2% | 12.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.5% | 29.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 26% | 21.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 15.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.5% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Mild winters and hot summers in Hide-A-Way Lake
Hide-A-Way Lake has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 40° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Hide-A-Way Lake are less healthy than 50% of U.S. towns
Within Mississippi it is healthier than 76% of the 101 graded towns: much of Mississippi scores lower on these measures.
Hide-A-Way Lake beats the Mississippi average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Hide-A-Way Lake. Among 101 Mississippi towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Hide-A-Way Lake.
| Hide-A-Way Lake | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 45% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 24% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 82% | 79% |
| What stands out | Hide-A-Way Lake | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.2% | 11.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.4% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hide-A-Way Lake’s grade for cost of living is an A−
Homes are within reach (A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 21 miles.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Hide-A-Way Lake
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Hide-A-Way Lake; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Hide-A-Way Lake residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Mississippi.
99% of working residents leave Hide-A-Way Lake for work
Where Hide-A-Way Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Hide-A-Way Lake
Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Hide-A-Way Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States. Its population was 2,065 as of the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 102 ft
Hide-A-Way Lake’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Hide-A-Way Lake.
| Town | MS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hide-A-Way Lake | #28 | C+ | A− | — | B | B− |
| Picayune | #85 | D− | B− | C− | C | D |
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Questions about Hide-A-Way Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hide-A-Way Lake, MS a good place to live?
Hide-A-Way Lake grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #28 of 99 in Mississippi. It grades B− for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Hide-A-Way Lake, MS expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $195,000, 0% above 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−.