Quality of Life

Cost of Living

Cost of Living by County

All counties in the region have a low cost of living index when compared to the United States as a whole. The table below provides detail based on 2017 cost of living according to city-data.com

United StatesAlcorn CountyPrentiss CountyTishomingo County
Cost of Living Index10079.579.679.0

Cost of Living by City

In addition to having a low cost of living for each county, the table below shows cost of living for the three primary cities located in the region. According to Sperling’s Best Places, each city has a low cost of living index in all categories except utilities. Overall cost of living is still below the United States as a whole.

LocationOverall Cost of Living IndexFoodUtilitiesHousing
United States100100100100
Booneville83.1102.692.237.4
Corinth8594.594.664.2
Iuka89.5102.692.257.3
2018 data from Sperling's Best Places online (bestplaces.net)

Public Education

Six public school systems are present in the three county TAP region. Five of the six school systems have a graduation rate at or above the state rate. Only the Alcorn County School Systems has a drop-out rate higher than the state. The Quality of Distribution Index (QDI) is a representation of the distribution of student scores across the various state-wide assessment instruments. All schools in the region have a QDI higher than the state.

Following is a table which contains select data for each of the public school districts in the TAP region.

District NameCounty2017 Graduation Rate2017 Drop Out Rate2016 District Spending per Student2016 District Ranking
Alcorn County School SystemAlcorn90.8%6.3%$9604.43B
Baldwyn School SystemPrentiss90.2%5.1%$11388.02B
Booneville School SystemPrentiss89.1%5.8%$9007.07A
Corinth School SystemAlcorn91.8%3.6%$9186.30A
Prentiss County School SystemPrentiss79.1%12.2%$9679.60B
Tishomingo County School SystemTishomingo85.6%8.3%$10153.67B
State of Mississippi82.3%10.8%$9780.99
Source: Mississippi Department of Education Reports

Healthcare

The TAP region is home to several hospitals and healthcare providers as outlined below.

Magnolia Regional Health Center

Located in Corinth, Magnolia Regional Health Center provides emergency and routine healthcare services. The center includes 164 beds, home nursing care, and two rural health clinics in Alcorn County.

Baptist Memorial Hospital

Located in Booneville in Prentiss County, Baptist Memorial Hospital is a 114-bed acute care hospital. It was recognized by Healthgrades.com as providing an “Outstanding Patient Experience” in 2008 and 2009.

North Mississippi Medical Center

The Iuka branch of the North Mississippi Medical Center is a 48-bed general acute care hospital. Services provided include a full laboratory, clinical pharmacy, radiology, rehabilitation and respiratory therapy.

Recreation

There are many types of recreational opportunities in the TAP region.  Some of these include

  • Pickwick Lake
  • Bay Springs Lake
  • Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield and Visitor’s Center
  • Natchez Trace Parkway
  • Local museums
  • Local parks
  • Marinas along the Tenn-Tom Waterway
  • J. P. Coleman State Park
  • Tishomingo State Park
  • Golf Courses
  • Annual Festivals

Crime Rate

City2007200820092010
Booneville156206159136
Corinthunknownunknownunknownunknown
Iuka169315193350
US Avge305297280266
Data provided by city-data.com