Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Okolona’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a D− for health. Only 3 of Mississippi’s 186 towns score higher on history. Okolona's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Wilson Park, at 35 acres. Okolona has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Okolona beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Okolona’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Okolona is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1850.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Okolona. Close and well known come first.
8 mi ParkwayNatchez Trace Parkway8.0M visitors a year
38 mi Stadium & arenaDavis Wade Stadium
18 mi MuseumElvis Presley Birthplace
17 mi National BattlefieldTupelo National Battlefield686 visitors a year
35 mi National park siteBrices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site2K visitors a year
18 mi MuseumTupelo Automobile MuseumNatchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · Davis Wade Stadium: Nateb2003, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Elvis Presley Birthplace: Markuskun at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Tupelo National Battlefield: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site: Wilson44691, Public domain · Tupelo Automobile Museum: James Case from Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Okolona, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Okolona.
The share of adults in Okolona who have high blood pressure is 53%, above both the Mississippi town median (45%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). Against the Mississippi average, Okolona comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 16. Only 7 of the 102 Mississippi towns we compare have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Okolona. Okolona: one in ten adults binge drink.
| Okolona | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 13% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 53% | 45% | 35% |
| What stands out | Okolona | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 9.7% | 13.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.5% | 79.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 18.8% | 11.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Two of the 4 schools are below, and why each made the list. Public schools: the Okolona School District. 3 public schools serve Okolona, with 512 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okolona Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 238 | C |
| Okolona High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 149 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MS on state tests and graduation
A typical home in Okolona is worth about $127,000, down 0.9% in a year, 35% below the Mississippi typical home. The share of households in Okolona who are owner-occupiers is 43%, against 62% in Mississippi’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
| Okolona | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 43% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $582 a month | $905 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The income of the median household for Okolona comes to $26,000. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Okolona dropped by 427, to 591. The share of working residents in Okolona who work locally: 14%. Half commute less than 18 miles.
| Okolona | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 43% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $26,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 19% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 33° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Okolona than in just over three fifths of U.S. communities. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2026.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 1.5 miles of trail. Okolona’s density of trails comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Okolona | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 2.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wilson Park | — | 35 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Okolona; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Okolona residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Mississippi.
8 notable people were born in Okolona.
City in Mississippi, United States
Okolona is a city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. It is located near the eastern border of the county. As of the 2020 census, Okolona had a population of 2,513. It had a large furniture industry and the Wilson Park resort.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
8 notable people were born here, including Meredith Gardner and Milan Williams.
