Grenada County, Mississippi Eviction Risk: Low

Grenada County, Mississippi eviction laws carries an average eviction-risk score of 2.6/10 (Low) across its 3 tracked cities, placing it at rank 15 of 82 Mississippi counties, meaning 14 counties are riskier and 67 are less so. That puts landlords here squarely in the higher-risk third of the state, where elevated poverty rates and rent burden translate into genuine collection risk, not merely theoretical exposure.

The county's intra-market range runs from 2 to 2.6 out of 10, a meaningful 1.5-point spread across just three communities. With a 41.9% renter share and an average rent of $783 per month, the tenant base is sizable, but a rent burden of 31.1% signals that a notable share of renters are stretched thin, which has direct implications for payment consistency and eviction frequency.

The cities inside Grenada County

The city of Grenada dominates the county both by size and by risk. Home to 12,375 of the county's 13,392 residents, Grenada scores 2.6/10, putting it right at the county ceiling and on par with higher-risk neighbors like Panola County (4.6). Investors targeting multifamily or workforce housing here should factor in the combination of scale and risk: this is where the volume of eviction filings concentrates.

The two smaller communities tell a different story. Holcomb, with a population of 336, scores 2/10, and Elliott, with 681 residents, scores 2/10, the lowest in the county. Elliott in particular presents a measurably lower operating risk profile, though its small tenant pool limits yield at scale. The 1.5-point gap between Grenada and Elliott is a useful reminder that county-level averages obscure hyper-local conditions; a rental portfolio split between Grenada and Elliott would carry meaningfully different risk exposures even though both properties share the same county address.

State-level laws that apply here

All Grenada County landlords operate under Miss. Code § 89-8 (Landlord and Tenant). For non-payment of rent, Mississippi eviction laws law requires only a 3-day notice before a landlord may proceed to file. Lease violations carry a 14-day cure notice, and a no-cause end-of-term termination requires 30 days. Mississippi eviction laws imposes no just-cause eviction requirement and no rent control, and the state statute expressly preempts any local jurisdiction from enacting rent stabilization, which keeps the regulatory floor consistent county to county. Those researching the full procedural sequence should consult the Mississippi eviction laws eviction process guide; a breakdown of what landlords will spend from filing through lockout is covered in the Mississippi eviction costs guide.

On the cost side, court filing fees run $75 to $150, sheriff lockout fees add $30 to $120, and attorney fees for eviction matters typically range from $500 to $2,500, depending on whether the case is contested. Uncontested matters generally resolve in 30 to 60 days; contested proceedings can stretch to 60 to 120 days. That upper end represents real cash-flow risk on a $783 average rent, particularly for smaller landlords carrying mortgage obligations.

A 27.3% poverty rate across Grenada County's renter base underscores why even the lower-scoring cities here require careful tenant screening; review the city-level scores in the grid above to identify which submarkets carry the most concentrated risk.