Right Now
Air Quality (OZONE, Tupelo)
19
GoodNearest reporting area, 0.1 mi away. Preliminary and may be revised. Source: EPA AirNow.
Active Weather Alerts
3
Heat Advisory (statewide feed)
- Heat Advisory — Fulton; Hickman; Carlisle; Graves; Calloway; Wayne; Carter; Ripley; Butler; Stoddard; Scott; Mississippi; New Madrid
- Heat Advisory — Hickman; Carlisle; Graves; Calloway; Wayne; Scott; Mississippi
- Heat Advisory — Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Marshall; Benton; Tippah; Alcorn; Tishomingo; Tunica; Tate; Prentiss; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola; Lafayette; Union; Pontotoc; Lee; Itawamba; Tallahatchie; Yalobusha; Calhoun; Chickasaw; Monroe; Lake; Obion; Weakley; Henry; Dyer; Gibson; Carroll; Benton; Lauderdale; Tipton; Haywood; Crockett; Madison; Chester; Henderson; Decatur; Shelby; Fayette; Hardeman; McNairy; Hardin
Population & People
Population
37,939
Median age
—
Median household income
—
Poverty rate
—
Unemployment rate
—
Bachelor's degree+
—
Avg. commute
—
Hispanic or Latino
—
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Housing & Rent
Median home value
—
Median gross rent
—
Homeownership rate
—
HUD FMR — 2 bedroom
$924
HUD Fair Market Rent (Mississippi statewide average across 82 areas — not specific to Tupelo), 2026. Efficiency $751, 1BR $782, 2BR $924, 3BR $1177, 4BR $1295. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.
Energy
Mississippi commercial electricity
13.03¢/kWh
Mississippi industrial electricity
7.38¢/kWh
Mississippi residential electricity
14.03¢/kWh
Economy
Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
165069.3
Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
125356.9
All-Transactions House Price Index for Mississippi
430.59
Unemployment Rate
3.6%
Source: FRED, Mississippi-specific series.