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Home to Copiah-Lincoln Community College.
Wesson’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for walkability; its weakest is a D for incomes. Wesson’s median age is 21.1 years, against 37 years in Mississippi’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Among 102 Mississippi towns, just 8 have a lower share of residents 65 or older than Wesson. Wesson is home to Copiah-Lincoln Community College. On civic life, just 8 of Mississippi’s 148 towns do better. Wesson has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms and Old Wesson Public School Building. Wesson has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Wesson beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Wesson is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wesson, 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 Wesson.
Its public schools are run by the Copiah County School District. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Wesson Attendance Center, with 833 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesson Attendance CenterLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 833 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MS on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Wesson for work: only 6% work in town. 28% of residents live below the poverty line in Wesson, above both Mississippi’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Wesson’s average trip to work is 30 minutes.
| Wesson | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 28% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.1% | 19% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wesson has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Wesson is 91°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wesson beats the Mississippi average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 40% of adults feel lonely in Wesson. Only 4 of the 102 Mississippi towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Wesson.
| Wesson | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 25% |
| What stands out | Wesson | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 11% | 15.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.4% | 4.5% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 20.6% | 17.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wesson's reported crime rate is well below Mississippi's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.
| Wesson | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.8 per 1,000 residents | 16.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Wesson home is worth about $172,000, up 0.5% in a year, 12% below the Mississippi typical home. 60% of Wesson households own their home.
| Wesson | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,125 a month | $905 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wesson Walking Park and Playground | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wesson
College town 26 of every 100 Wesson residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Mississippi.
Where Wesson’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 notable people were born in Wesson.
Town in Mississippi, United States
Wesson is a town in Copiah and Lincoln counties, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wesson had a population of 1,833. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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One town shares a border with Wesson.
| Town | MS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesson | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Beauregard | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wesson has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wesson reports no FBI crime data of its own. Beauregard isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wesson with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($61,644 across the Jackson, MS metro 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+.
5 notable people were born here, including Houston Stackhouse and Lawrence R. Ellzey.
