Bay St. Louis carries more active inventory than any other city we cover — 173 homes on the market in June 2026. It also sold 28. Divide one by the other and you get 6.2 months of supply, which is the textbook definition of a balanced-to-buyer’s market.

Almost nobody selling in Bay St. Louis is pricing like it.

The average home here took 111.5 days to sell in June. That is nearly four times the pace in Long Beach, forty minutes east. If you are listing a home in the Bay, the single most useful thing you can understand is that patience is not a strategy here — pricing is.

The Bay St. Louis Numbers — June 2026

Metric	Figure
Median sold price	$399,000
Median asking price (active listings)	$419,000
Homes sold in June	28
Active listings	173
Average days on market	111.5
Months of inventory	6.2

Source: MLS United, residential sales, June 2026.

Two things stand out.

First, Bay St. Louis is the second-most expensive market on this list, behind only Pass Christian. A $399,000 median sold price puts it roughly $150,000 above Diamondhead and nearly triple Pascagoula.

Second — and this is the more useful fact — the gap between asking ($419,000) and selling ($399,000) is only about 5%. That is tight. It tells you that the homes which do sell in Bay St. Louis are priced close to right. The problem is not that sellers here are wildly optimistic. It is that there are simply a lot of homes and not many buyers, so the ones that are even slightly off get skipped.

Over the past year the median sold price has swung hard, from $199,000 in December to $399,000 in June. That volatility is a function of low monthly sales volume and a wide mix of property types, not of a market lurching around. Do not read a single month as a trend.

The Neighborhoods

Bay St. Louis has more distinct residential areas than most Coast towns its size, and they behave differently.

Old Town and First Ward is the historic heart — walkable, close to the beach and Main Street, and the reason a lot of people fall in love with the Bay in the first place. Inventory here is limited and tends to hold value.

Shoreline Park is the largest platted subdivision in the area and offers a genuinely broad price range, from modest homes to properties near $1M.

Clermont Harbor and Garden Isles sit toward the water and carry some of the higher-end inventory.

Jourdan River Estates is where you look for river access. Riverview and Chapel Hill hold the top of the current market — the two most expensive active listings in the city sit in those two subdivisions.

Carroll, Choctaw Oaks, and the surrounding established neighborhoods make up much of the mid-market.

As with much of Hancock County, a large share of Bay St. Louis inventory is unplatted — recorded in the MLS as “Metes and Bounds.” Those are the acreage and waterfront parcels, and they price on land, not on comparable houses.

Want the full breakdown? Read our complete guide to the best neighborhoods in Bay St. Louis, MS — where to live by lifestyle, budget, and commute.

Schools

Bay St. Louis is served by the Bay St. Louis–Waveland School District, shared with neighboring Waveland. Active listings reference Bay St. Louis Elementary.

Some properties on the city’s outskirts fall into the Hancock County School District instead. If schools matter to your decision, verify the assignment for the specific parcel — the two districts are not interchangeable and the boundary does not follow the city line.

How to Approach a 6.2-Month Market

If you are buying: this is the most negotiable market on the Mississippi Gulf Coast right now. With 173 homes competing for 28 monthly buyers, you have time, you have options, and you have room. Look hard at anything that has passed 120 days on market — that seller has now watched four months go by and is thinking differently than they were in the spring. Ask for closing costs. Ask for repairs. The leverage is real.

If you are selling: the 5% ask-to-sold spread is telling you something important. Buyers in the Bay are not making lowball offers on well-priced homes — they are simply ignoring the ones that are priced wrong. Your first three weeks determine everything. Come in at the number, not $20,000 above it hoping to negotiate down. The homes that try that are the ones sitting at 150 days.

Bay St. Louis FAQs

Is Bay St. Louis a buyer’s market?

Yes, by the standard measure. 173 active listings against 28 June sales is 6.2 months of inventory — at or just past balanced.

What is the median home price in Bay St. Louis?

$399,000 sold in June 2026. Median asking price across active listings was $419,000.

How long do homes take to sell in Bay St. Louis?

An average of 111.5 days in June 2026 — among the slowest on the Coast.

Why is Bay St. Louis more expensive than Gulfport or Biloxi?

Waterfront and near-water inventory makes up a larger share of what is for sale, and Old Town commands a premium. The median reflects the mix of homes, not a like-for-like price difference.

What school district serves Bay St. Louis?

Bay St. Louis–Waveland School District. Some outlying properties are zoned to Hancock County schools.

Not sure which town fits? Read our comparison of Ocean Springs vs. Bay St. Louis.