Best PlacesBobo, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bobo, 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.
Bobo ranks 35,898th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Bobo
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.
Bobo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bobo ranks high
- Cheap childcare$527 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 73% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of towns
Where Bobo ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bobo
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bobo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,630, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Bobo's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bobo
Bobo's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bobo.
Who works in Bobo, and how
Work in Bobo centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bobo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bobo.
What the weather is like in Bobo, month by month
Bobo sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Bobo
Memphis International sits about 60 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 Bobo
Schools across Bobo average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Batesville Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Batesville Intermediate SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Lyon Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- South Panola High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Coahoma County Jr/sr High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Clarksdale High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bobo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bobo 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 Bobo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bobo
Is Bobo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bobo ranks 35,898th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and an educated workforce, and lowest on state infrastructure and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bobo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,958. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $70,630 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Bobo safe?
Bobo is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $319 per resident a year.
Compare Bobo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bobo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bobo 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.
Bobo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bobo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bobo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bobo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bobo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bobo 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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