What salary do you need to live in Gulfport, MS?

Gulfport housing costs at a glance

Renters in Gulfport pay a median $1,008 a month for two bedrooms. Size matters: one bedroom is $868, three bedrooms $1,229, so going from the smallest to the largest of the three adds $4,332 a year.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS at $205,000. That is only 3.3× the area's median household income of $62,418, a low ratio by national standards.

Price levels matter beyond rent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures Gulfport's overall prices at 90.0 on a scale where the nation is 100, which makes a $100,000 salary feel like about $111,104 would elsewhere.

The salary lines for a two-bedroom in Gulfport

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $25,000 for Tight, $51,000 for Okay and $102,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $51,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

Royal, the top band, starts at $286,000. At that income rent is 4% of pay and the median home 0.7× income.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Gulfport.

What different incomes look like in Gulfport

Choosing a bigger place in Gulfport at $75,000 trims the score from 59 to 53 without leaving Okay.

Of the four salaries, $150,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $100,000 still lands at Okay.

Gulfport on the national list

On price level Gulfport is 290th of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 282nd, and on median home value 290th. The two rankings agree, both falling near the middle.

Tuscaloosa, AL ($1,011) and Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ($1,005) bracket Gulfport on two-bedroom rent.

Gulfport vs. the rest of Mississippi

Statewide, Mississippi's median two-bedroom rent is $913 and its median home value $169,800. Gulfport's rent is +10% against that, and its home value +21%; the price parity is 90.0 versus 87.0 for the state.

Scored the same way, the statewide figures turn Comfortable at $83,000, so Gulfport needs $19,000 more than Mississippi overall.

Looking for somewhere comparable without leaving Mississippi? Hattiesburg, MS, Jackson, MS, and Memphis, TN-MS-AR have the closest mix of rent and overall prices.

Gulfport's median income on the scale

A household at the Gulfport median income of $62,418 would see a two-bedroom score of 51 — Okay — with rent at 19% of income. Put differently, Gulfport's typical household is $39,582 below the $102,000 it takes to read Comfortable on two bedrooms. For Mississippi as a whole, the median household income of $56,447 scores 54 against statewide rents. Since a household can have two or more earners, compare it with a combined income rather than one paycheck.

All figures are pre-tax estimates from public data, not financial advice.