Best PlacesBallentine, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ballentine, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ballentine ranks 48,737th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Ballentine
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Ballentine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ballentine ranks high
- Cheap childcare$526 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of towns
Where Ballentine ranks low
- Short commute50.2 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Household income$37,692 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ballentine
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ballentine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $37,692; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Ballentine's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ballentine
Ballentine's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ballentine.
Who works in Ballentine, and how
Work in Ballentine centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ballentine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ballentine.
What the weather is like in Ballentine, month by month
Ballentine sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Ballentine
Memphis International sits about 43 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ballentine
Schools across Ballentine average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Batesville Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Strayhorn Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Batesville Intermediate SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Panola Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- South Panola High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- North Panola High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ballentine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ballentine measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Ballentine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ballentine
Is Ballentine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ballentine ranks 48,737th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ballentine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,300. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $37,692 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Ballentine safe?
Ballentine is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Ballentine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ballentine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ballentine represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Ballentine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ballentine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ballentine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ballentine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ballentine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ballentine detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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