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A town of 2,713, settled in 1857.
Verona gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $123K, 1.9 years of the Tupelo area’s $63K median household income. It grades C− overall, 61st of 99 graded towns in Mississippi. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Only 9 of Mississippi’s 148 towns score lower on civic life. The Raymond House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Verona beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Verona | MS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 20.1% | 11.2% |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Verona is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 596 in 1880, 2,792 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2007 and 2 maps from 1966 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Verona. Close and well known come first.
4 mi ParkwayNatchez Trace Parkway8.0M visitors a year
5 mi MuseumElvis Presley Birthplace
5 mi National BattlefieldTupelo National Battlefield686 visitors a year
22 mi National park siteBrices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site2K visitors a year
5 mi MuseumTupelo Automobile MuseumNatchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · 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 Verona, 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 Verona.
Verona carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Mississippi (mostly inland flooding), has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Mississippi.
43% of Verona adults feel lonely, against 37% in Mississippi’s towns and 33% across U.S. towns. 20% of adults report frequent mental distress in Verona. Among 101 Mississippi towns, just 10 have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Verona.
| Verona | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 36% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 53% | 45% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 33% |
| What stands out | Verona | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.5% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.7% | 13.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 20.1% | 11.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Lee County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verona Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 364 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MS on state tests and graduation
At 1.9 years of the Tupelo area’s $63K median household income, the typical home (about $123K) costs less against local pay than in 89% of Mississippi towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. Home values rose 27% in five years, to about $123K, against 11% across Mississippi.
27% of Verona households own their home, where Mississippi’s towns sit at 62% and U.S. towns at 73%. Typical home values rose 9.2% in the year to September 2026.
| Verona | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 27% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,011 a month | $900 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of Mississippi towns, with expected losses of about $507 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Verona’s FEMA risk score is 21 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 32.6°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 79% of Mississippi places with climate records; July afternoons average 90.9°.
Verona has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Verona is 33°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Verona | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 33°F | 36°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here fell from 3,024 in 2013 to 817. The average commute for its 850 working residents takes 16 minutes, against 25.6 across Mississippi.
Most working residents leave Verona for work: only 2% work in town. 22% of Verona residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Verona has lost 2,207 jobs, to 817 in 2023.
| Verona | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 20% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $46,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
None within 15 miles of Verona; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Verona residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Mississippi.
City in Mississippi, United States
Verona is a City in Lee County, Mississippi. The population was 2,792 at the 2020 census, down from 3,006 at the 2010 census.
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One town shares a border with Verona.
Verona reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Verona with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Verona grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #61 of 99 in Mississippi. It grades D− for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
