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The median home value in Starkville, MS is $288,152 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.67% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$288,152
Year-over-Year
+2.67%
Population
25,344
Starkville ranks #7 of 35 Mississippi cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 32.6% above the state's city median of $217,267. It sits in Oktibbeha County, where the county-wide median is $283,722.
Median household income in Starkville is $42,125, so the typical home value is about 6.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Starkville police recorded a violent crime rate of 83 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,036 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Starkville, that value is $288,152. That's up 2.67% from a year earlier. It is about 32.6% above the typical Mississippi city tracked here.
Homes in Starkville are more expensive than Oktibbeha County as a whole, where the median is $283,722 — a difference of about 1.6%.
Median household income here is $42,125, so the typical home value is about 6.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Starkville police reported 83 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 25,344. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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