Best PlacesCockrum, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cockrum, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cockrum ranks 5,413th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cockrum
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.
Cockrum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cockrum ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Household income$102,265 median, better than 86% of towns
Where Cockrum ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cockrum
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cockrum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $102,265; 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 Cockrum's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cockrum
Cockrum runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cockrum.
Who works in Cockrum, and how
Work in Cockrum centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Cockrum
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cockrum.
What the weather is like in Cockrum, month by month
Cockrum sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, 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 | 50° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Cockrum
Memphis International sits about 20 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 Cockrum
Schools across Cockrum average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Tate Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lewisburg MiddleA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Lewisburg High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Independence High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cockrum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cockrum 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 Cockrum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cockrum
Is Cockrum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cockrum ranks 5,413th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on state infrastructure and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cockrum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $429,595. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $102,265 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Cockrum safe?
Yes, Cockrum is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $106 per resident a year.
Compare Cockrum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cockrum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cockrum 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.
Cockrum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cockrum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cockrum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cockrum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cockrum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cockrum 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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