Home values, rents and more in Forrest County, MS
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Forrest County, MS compares
The typical home in Forrest County, MS is worth about $182,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Forrest County, MS are 15% below the typical value in the Hattiesburg metro area ($214,000) and 50% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Forrest County, MS rose 0.7%, compared with +4.2% in the Hattiesburg metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,258 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 3% below the Hattiesburg metro area ($1,303) and 35% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $53,640, against $60,285 in the Hattiesburg metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 79,034 people live in Forrest County, MS (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Forrest County, MS has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Hattiesburg metro area and the 21st-highest of 80 in Mississippi with Zillow figures.
Part of: Hattiesburg metro area · Mississippi
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.