Tunica County, Mississippi Eviction Risk: Low

Tunica County, Mississippi eviction laws carries a county-average eviction-risk score of 4.6/10 (Moderate), placing it 8th of 82 Mississippi eviction laws counties by risk, meaning only 7 counties statewide present higher risk for landlords and 74 are more landlord-friendly. With a total population of roughly 4,150 spread across 7 incorporated places, the county is small, but its conditions are anything but uniform. Landlords evaluating Tunica County need to look past the county average: individual city scores run from 3.1 at the low end to 4.7 at the high end, a 1.6-point spread that meaningfully changes the risk calculus depending on which market you enter.

Two structural figures sharpen the picture. The average renter share across the county is 71.7%, far above a typical rural Mississippi eviction laws benchmark, which means the overwhelming majority of occupied housing is tenant-occupied. The average rent burden sits at 30.3% of income, close to the conventional threshold where tenants begin to strain, and the average poverty rate of 22.4% amplifies that pressure. These are conditions that raise the practical likelihood of payment shortfalls, not because landlords here are careless, but because the underlying tenant income base is thin.

The cities inside Tunica County

The highest-risk locations in the county are Tunica Resorts (population 2,281, score 4.7/10) and the city of Tunica (population 838, score 4.7/10). Together they account for the bulk of the county's renter population, and both sit at the county maximum risk score. Investors focused on the casino-corridor rental market around Tunica Resorts should price in the elevated risk profile rather than assuming resort proximity translates to financially stable tenants.

North Tunica, White Oak, and Lula each score 4.6/10, closely tracking the county average and representing the middle tier. The lower-risk end of the county belongs to Austin and Dundee, both scoring 3.1/10, though their populations of 51 and 20 respectively mean the rental inventory there is extremely limited. Risk is genuinely hyper-local in Tunica County: a landlord operating in Dundee faces a materially different environment than one holding units in Tunica or Tunica Resorts, despite being in the same county.

State-level laws that apply here

Under Mississippi eviction laws eviction process rules governed by Miss. Code § 89-8 (Landlord and Tenant), landlords in Tunica County must serve a 3-day notice for non-payment of rent, a 14-day notice for a lease violation with the right to cure, and a 30-day notice to terminate a month-to-month tenancy with no stated cause. Mississippi eviction laws does not require just cause for termination and the state preempts any local attempt at rent control, so no city within Tunica County can impose caps beyond what the legislature allows. Court filing fees run $75 to $150, sheriff lockout fees $30 to $120, and attorney fees typically fall in the $500 to $2,500 range. An uncontested case resolves in roughly 30 to 60 days; a contested one can extend to 60 to 120 days.

Landlords should also review Mississippi eviction costs and Mississippi tenant protections before committing capital here. Source-of-income discrimination is not a protected class under Mississippi state law, giving landlords full screening discretion on voucher tenants, though local ordinances can differ. The state fair housing contact is the Mississippi eviction laws Attorney General, Consumer Protection division.

With an average poverty rate of 22.4% and a renter share of 71.7%, operating conditions in Tunica County reward careful tenant screening and cash-flow underwriting; the city grid above breaks down which of the 7 communities carry the most concentrated risk.