10 Best Places to Retire in Mississippi

4. Alcorn County

Cost of living: 19.2% lower than US average
Crime Score: 43
Physicians per 100k: 167
Median House Value: $85,400
Insider Monkey score: 55.6

Intersected by the Tuscumbia and Hatchie rivers, Alcorn County provides water activities suited for children to adults and the elderly. Despite the whole county being a part of the Corinth Metropolitan Statistical Area, Alcorn has seen no negative effects from the urbanization of the area.

3. Union County

Cost of living: 20.4% lower than US average
Crime Score: 38
Physicians per 100k: 85
Median House Value: $80,100
Insider Monkey score: 56.6

The county’s name’s origin has been debated since the early 20th century, with some saying as Union comes from the fact that the county was formed from several large pieces of land uniting to form the present-day county. Others say that this is to commemorate the re-joining of the Confederate states to the Union after the Civil War. Despite these arguments, one thing its residents agree on is this – Union County is one of the best places to retire in Mississippi.

From Union Co. court house. New Albany, Miss. Sysid 93250. Scanned as tiff in 2009/04/16 by MDAH. Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History