Electricity rates in Olive Branch, Mississippi

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Housing and heating in Olive Branch

Olive Branch, MS: 1,879 of 17,666 homes were built before 1980 and 8,503 in 2000 or later. Olive Branch, MS has 15,766 detached houses, 1,151 homes in 5+ unit buildings and 229 mobile homes.

Facts about Olive Branch

Residents of Olive Branch, MS, ACS 2023

46,5386 of 8 Mississippi cities with 30,000+

Median household income in Olive Branch, MS

$98,4211 of 8 of those cities

Households in Olive Branch, MS

17,0352.73 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Olive Branch, MS

82.9%14,123 owners and 2,912 renter households

Housing units in Olive Branch, MS

17,666631 vacant or seasonal

Homes heated by electricity in Olive Branch, MS

34.3%5,843 of 17,035 homes

Land area of Olive Branch, MS

55.8 sq mi833.4 people per sq mi

Bill as share of income in Olive Branch, MS

1.8% to 1.9%at 1,156 kWh a month over the $98,421 median household income

Wind and tornado reports within 15 miles of Olive Branch, MS

148NWS point reports 2015 to 2025, 318.0 per 100,000 residents

Median year homes were built in Olive Branch, MS

19991,879 of 17,666 homes (10.6%) before 1980

Median home value and rent in Olive Branch, MS

$269,900$1,609 gross rent a month, 7.15% of value a year

Electricity price since 2015 around Olive Branch

Entergy Mississippi LLC charged Olive Branch homes 9.99 ¢/kWh in 2015. Olive Branch: 13.21 ¢ in 2024, 32% up. Olive Branch: against 19% up for the Mississippi average.

Olive Branch: a 1,156 kWh month at that price. Olive Branch: $115 in 2015, $153 in 2024. Olive Branch: $1,833 a year, 1.9% of the $98,421 median income.

Cost of living with electricity in Olive Branch

Olive Branch, MS: 17,035 households at $1,763 a year per home for electricity (DeSoto County average, DOE LEAD) come to about $30.0 million, an estimate; all home energy is $2,453 a year per household.

Who lives in Olive Branch: income, cars, homes

In Olive Branch, MS, 2,251 of 17,035 households earn under $35,000, 4,005 $35,000-$75,000, 7,246 $75,000-$150,000 and 3,533 $150,000 or more. 2,330 residents of Olive Branch, MS live below the poverty line, and the median age is 37.6. In Olive Branch, MS, 533 households own no vehicle and 13,122 own two or more; home EV charging depends on that. Olive Branch, MS homes: 15,916 have 3+ bedrooms, 431 none or one, median 6.7 rooms. In Olive Branch, MS, 950 of 2,692 renter households pay 30% or more of income in rent; 5,749 households moved in since 2018 and 2,827 before 2000, so electric accounts turn over at a moderate pace. Of 24,168 workers in Olive Branch, MS, 1,860 work from home, 19,802 drive alone, 0 ride transit and 59 walk.

Outage risk around Olive Branch

Olive Branch, MS, NWS reports within 15 miles of the center, 2015 to 2025: 143 wind and 5 tornado, 318.0 per 100,000 residents of 46,538. Top gust near Olive Branch, MS: 87 knots, 100 mph. Damage near Olive Branch, MS: $8.4M.

Climate and electric heating around Olive Branch

Olive Branch is in DeSoto County, MS. Olive Branch: degree days are county values.

Olive Branch: 3,044 heating degree days a year. Olive Branch: 2,042 cooling degree days a year.

Olive Branch: NOAA nClimDiv 7 Oct 2026; ACS B25040.

Who supplies Olive Branch

DeSoto County lists 2 utilities for Olive Branch, MS (46,538 residents): homes pay 12.52 to 13.21 cents per kWh, about $145 to $153 a month at 1,156 kWh, 1.8% to 1.9% of the $98,421 Olive Branch median income. DeSoto County page.

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ZIP codes in Olive Branch

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