Best PlacesChatham, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chatham, 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.
Chatham ranks 49,388th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chatham
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.
Chatham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chatham ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$525 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 73% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 71% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of towns
Where Chatham ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$22,948 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
Who lives in Chatham
Chatham runs younger than the country, 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 Chatham.
Who works in Chatham, and how
Work in Chatham centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 28%
Life in Chatham
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chatham.
What the weather is like in Chatham, month by month
Chatham sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Chatham
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chatham
Schools across Chatham average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverside Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Eudora Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Sanders Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverside High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Simmons High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chatham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chatham 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 Chatham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chatham
Is Chatham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chatham ranks 49,388th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, affordable childcare, and civic engagement, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chatham safe?
Chatham is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Chatham?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 37. That works out to about 85 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of towns.
Compare Chatham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chatham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chatham 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.
Chatham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chatham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chatham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chatham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chatham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chatham 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.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.