Best PlacesCohay, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cohay, 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.
Cohay ranks 26,020th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cohay
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.
Cohay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cohay ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$534 a month, better than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
Where Cohay ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cohay
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cohay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,713, 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 Cohay's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cohay
Cohay 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 Cohay.
Who works in Cohay, and how
Work in Cohay centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cohay
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cohay.
What the weather is like in Cohay, month by month
Cohay sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Cohay
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cohay
Schools across Cohay average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Raleigh Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Raleigh High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cohay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cohay 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 Cohay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cohay
Is Cohay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cohay ranks 26,020th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on state infrastructure and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cohay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $90,540. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $74,713 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Cohay safe?
Cohay is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $166 per resident a year.
Compare Cohay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cohay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cohay 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.
Cohay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cohay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cohay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cohay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cohay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cohay 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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