ZIP Code 39042

Brandon is a city in and the county seat of Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. It was incorporated on December 19, 1831. The population was 21,705 at the 2010 census. The city is named for Gerard Brandon, Governor of Mississippi during the early 1800s. The Mississippi Department of Corrections operates the Brandon Probation & Parole Office in Brandon. The Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, located in unincorporated Rankin county, is in proximity to Brandon. Brandon is the location of the Black Rose Theatre Company. The Downtown Brandon Historic District is located within the city. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located east of the state capital. The current city-large elected officials are Mayor Lee Alderman, Ward 1-Large member Sharon Womack, Ward 2-Large members Harry Williams, Ward 3-Large, and Ward 6-Large David Farris. The City of Brandon is served by the Public School District of Brandon, which has a single-member board of aldermen elected at large. The mayor and a city council member are elected from single-large districts and one member at large, with the mayor serving as the city's chief executive officer and the council member as its attorney. The council member is Mark C. Baker, who has served the city of Brandon for the past six years. The public school district has six single- Large members elected at Large. The school district's board of trustees is made up of six members elected by single-Large and two single Large members.

History

The city is named for Gerard Brandon, Governor of Mississippi during the early 1800s. A newspaper, The News, was established in 1892. In 1900, Brandon had a school, a telephone and telegraph office, a saw mill, two livery stables, two cotton gins, two hotels, six churches, and fifteen or twenty stores. The population was 775 at the time of the 1900 census. The Brandon Bank wasestablished in 1900, and The Rankin County Bank was set up in 1906. The city is located on the Mississippi River, which runs through the center of the city. It is located near the town of Rankin, which is on the Alabama-Mississippi border. The town has a population of 775, and the population of the county in 1906 was 1,856. The county has a total population of 2,854, with the majority of the population living in Rankin and Rankin Counties. It was the site of the Battle of Brandon, which took place in 1864. The Battle was fought between the Confederate States of America and the home of the Native Americans, the Natchez Trace, in Natchezi County, Mississippi, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The battle was won by the U.S. Army, which was led by General George S. Patton, who was later elected to office as President of the United States and served from 1864 to 1868. The state of Mississippi was then part of the Union, and later became part of Mississippi.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.3 square miles (55.3 km²), of which 21.2 square miles is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km²) is water. The city is located on the Mississippi River, which runs through the center of the city. It is the only city in the state to have a population of more than 1,000 people. The population was 1,071 at the 2010 United States Census, down from 1,087 at the 2000 Census. The area has an estimated population of 1,061. The town has a population density of 1.1 people per square mile, up from 1.0 people/square mile in the 1990s. It has an area of 21.3 square miles (55.1 km²), including 0.2 square miles (0.37 sq mi) of land and 0.4 square mile (1.0 sq km² of water) of water. Its population is 1,091, with the majority of its residents living in the central part of the town, the eastern part of which is the city's southern section. The state's largest city is St. Louis, which has a census population of 7,816. The largest city in its southern part is St Louis, at 1,051. It was the site of the World War II Battle of the Bulge, which took place in World War I.

Demographics

As of the 2020 U.S. census, there were 25,138 people, 8,780 households, and 6,593 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 86.61% White, 11.89% Black, 0.10% Native American,0.58% Asian, 0.,06% Pacific Islander, 0,30% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. The city's median income was $53,246, and the median income for a family was $63,098. About 4.1% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 10.7%, those age 65 or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.00. The median age was 36 years, with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.5 per cent who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there are 90.1 males. The per capita income for the city is $24,020. It was $42,414 for males and $28,128 for females in the 2000 census. In the city, the population was spread out, with the median age being 36.2 years.

Economy

The Mississippi Department of Corrections operates the Brandon Probation & Parole Office in Brandon. The Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, located in unincorporated Rankin County, is in proximity to Brandon. Mississippi is home to the state's largest prison system, the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Pearl River, Mississippi. The state's prison system is the largest in the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The prison system has a population of more than 100,000. It is located in the town of Brandon, Mississippi, which is in the central part of the state. It has a prison population of about 50,000, which includes about 3,000 inmates. It also has a parole office in Brandon, which has about 2,500 inmates. The Mississippi State Prison System has a jail population of around 50,500, which also includes about 4,000 parolees. It was founded in 1881 and opened in 1883. It's located in Brandon's central part, near the junction of the Mississippi River and the Mississippi Turnpike. It opened its doors to the general public in 1885. In 1891, it became the first state penitentiary, opening its doors in 1894. It closed in 1891 and was closed in 1901. It reopened in 1892. It remains in the same location, along with a number of other prisons in the state, including one in the city of Brandon. It became the state prison system in 1887.

Arts and culture

The Downtown Brandon Historic District is located within the city. Brandon is the location of the Black Rose Theatre Company. The city is home to the Rankin County Courthouse and the Town Hall. The town also has a number of historic buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Cocke-Martin-Jackson House, Rankin Academy, and the Stevens-Buchanan House. The downtown area is also home to Brandon High School and the Brandon School for the Performing Arts, which is a part of the University of South Carolina at Brandon. The Town Hall is located in the downtown area of the city and is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on the N Register of Historical Buildings and The Town Hall is located in the Downtown Downtown District and is on the National  Register of Historic Builders and Sites on the National Reservations List of Buildings. The Town Hall and Town Hall are on the N Reservation of Property and the Town Council Plans of the U S. National Reconstruction Landmark Plaza and are on the National Register of  Historic Planes and National Naming Platinum Plants and N Recognition plans for the Town Plane.

Government

The city of Brandon has a city mayor as the chief executive officer. The city has a board of aldermen, with six elected from single-member districts and one elected at-large. The current city officials are Mayor Butch Lee; Alderman, At-Large member Sharon Womack; and Ward 6 Alderman David Farris. the city's attorney is Mark C. Baker. The mayor's salary is $50,000; the alderman's salaries are $30,000 and the city attorney's pay is $10,000. the mayor's office's budget is $20,000, and the alders' salaries are less than $15,000 a year. The council's goal is to have a balanced budget by the end of the year, with no more than $25,000 left to spend on salaries and expenses. The board's goals are to have the council's budget balanced by a balanced spending plan by the year's end, with the exception of a $5,000-a-year increase in the city council's salaries. The alderman's budget for the year is $18,500, with a $2,000 increase from the previous year's budget. It's also $1,000 more than the 2013 budget, which was the lowest since the city was founded in 1894. It was the first time the city has had a full-time mayor in more than 30 years. The new mayor's budget will be $1.5 million.

Education

The City of Brandon is served by the Rankin County School District.Brandon High School (grades 9-12) is the largest school in the district. The district also includes Brandon Elementary School, Stonebridge Elementary School and Rouse Elementary School. The city has a population of about 2,000 people. It is located in the central part of the state. The school district is located near the town of Rankin, which is about 30 miles south of Brandon, the city's largest city. It has a total enrollment of about 1,200 people, with the majority of its students attending high school or middle school. It also has a number of elementary schools, including Brandon Elementary and Stonebridge elementary. The town's population is around 2,100 people, and the school district has a enrollment of around 1,000. The average school year is about three years. The highest school year average is about four years. It was the highest in the state in the 1990s. The lowest in the 2000s was about two years, at around two years. In the 2010s, the district had an average enrollment of just over 1,100 students, with most students attending middle and high school. The high school graduation rate is about 10%. The average high school diploma is about 12.5%. The district has an average attendance of about 100 students. The state's highest school average is around 12.7%. It is the second-highest in the nation in the 2009-10 school year.

Infrastructure

The city of Brandon is served by five fire stations and one administrative central station. In 2015, the city established an independent EMS district that provides ambulance services through a private provider, Pafford EMS. The city has one police station under the direction of Police Chief Wayne Dearman. It also has one fire station and one ambulance station. It has a public library and a community center. It is also home to a high school and a senior high school. There is also a library for high school students and a youth center for adults. There are no high schools in the city, but there is a community college for high-school students. The town also has a library that is open to the general public for after-hours use. It was built in the early 1900s and is located in the heart of the city's downtown area. It opened its doors to the public in the 1930s and has been there ever since. It now has a fire station, ambulance station, and a police station. The community also has an independent ambulance district that is run by a private company. It provides services for the city through Paffords EMS. It's also home for the Brandon Fire Department. The fire department has a hospital that is part of the Brandon Medical Center, which opened in the 1970s. The hospital has an emergency room that provides care for the homeless and the elderly. It will also have an on-call ambulance service for the chronically ill. It operates a 24-hour emergency services center.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi = 82. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 40. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 81. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Brandon = 5.5 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 25,138 individuals with a median age of 36.9 age the population grows by 28.40% in Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 979.54 residents per square mile of area (378.20/km²). There are average 2.46 people per household in the 8,319 households with an average household income of $60,223 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 6.30% of the available work force and has dropped -5.18% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 23.34%. The number of physicians in Brandon per 100,000 population = 188.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Brandon = 55.2 inches and the annual snowfall = 1 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 109. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 212. 92 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 34.8 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 27, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi which are owned by the occupant = 70.48%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 16 years with median home cost = $139,890 and home appreciation of 1.52%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $5.24 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $3,973 per student. There are 16.2 students for each teacher in the school, 348 students for each Librarian and 458 students for each Counselor. 6.49% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 23.72% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 10.18% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).