Best PlacesCliftonville, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cliftonville, 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.
Cliftonville ranks 46,867th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cliftonville
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.
Cliftonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cliftonville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$522 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Cliftonville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cliftonville
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cliftonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,395, 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 Cliftonville's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Cliftonville
Cliftonville runs older 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 Cliftonville.
Who works in Cliftonville, and how
Work in Cliftonville centers on construction and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cliftonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cliftonville.
What the weather is like in Cliftonville, month by month
Cliftonville sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Cliftonville
The nearest airport, Golden Triangle Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cliftonville
Schools across Cliftonville average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Lowndes ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Earl Nash Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Hope Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- B F Liddell Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- New Hope High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Noxubee County High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cliftonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cliftonville 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 Cliftonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cliftonville
Is Cliftonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cliftonville ranks 46,867th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on education levels and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cliftonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $91,491. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $46,395 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Cliftonville safe?
Cliftonville is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Cliftonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cliftonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cliftonville 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.
Cliftonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cliftonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cliftonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cliftonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cliftonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cliftonville 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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