Census-designated place Hide-A-Way Lake is a census-designated place in Mississippi, in Pearl River County. A census-designated place is an unincorporated community that the Census Bureau defines for statistics; it has no city government of its own.
The median owner-occupied home in Hide-A-Way Lake had a real-estate tax bill of $1,228 (± $310) a year, compared with $1,189 in Mississippi and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $195,500 (± $17,514), compared with $161,400 in Mississippi and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Hide-A-Way Lake | Mississippi | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,615 ± 580 | 2,951,438 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,228 ± $310rough guide only: the margin of error is 25% of the estimate | $1,189 ± $13 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $195,500 ± $17,514 | $161,400 ± $1,296 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $70,333 ± $12,776 | $54,915 ± $586 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.63% ± 0.17 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 27% of the estimate | 0.74% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 100.0% ± 30.2 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 30% of the estimate | 69.5% ± 0.4 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 50.6% ± 17.9 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 35% of the estimate | 33.7% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | Too imprecise to report (estimate 10.1%, margin of error ± 6.9 points) | 19.3% ± 0.4 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
If property taxes go unpaid in Mississippi
How it works. Annual county tax sale administered by tax collector/chancery clerk, followed by statutory redemption period and chancery-clerk conveyance to purchaser if unredeemed
Excess sale money. 27-41-77 provides that excess bid over taxes/costs is held through county process; if property remains unredeemed, owner may request excess. Current 2025 text gives 2 years after expiration of redemption to request payment, after which county retains it. A 2026 bill proposed removing that claim period, but no enacted change was verified in this pass
These rules are set by Mississippi, not by Hide-A-Way Lake, so this section is the same for every place in the state. Last verified 2026-09-25. See the full Mississippi entry with statute links.