10 Best Places to Retire in Mississippi

6. Itawamba County

Cost of living: 22.7% lower than US average
Crime Score: 36
Physicians per 100k: 34
Median House Value: $81,300
Insider Monkey score: 54.6

The county was named after the Itawamba, whose English name was Levi Colbert and was the leader of the Chickasaw tribe in the area. The county is home to Pharr Mounds, which are a series of complex burial mounds dating to 200 AD. And as the place is in our 10 best places to retire in Mississippi, retirees with a passion for history might want to take note of this!

5. Chickasaw County

Cost of living: 23% lower than US average
Crime Score: 51
Physicians per 100k: 75
Median House Value: $64,600
Insider Monkey score: 55.3

Chickasaw County was named after, you guessed right, the Chickasaw Indians who lived in the area prior to settlement by the British. The county was devastated during the 19th century when cotton prices fell, leaving the cotton-based economy to collapse and reduced many of its residents to poverty. Some notable areas of interest are the Natchez Trace Parkway and the Tombigbee National Forest.