Best PlacesCrane Creek, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crane Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Crane Creek ranks 35,917th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crane Creek
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.
Crane Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crane Creek ranks high
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Crane Creek ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crane Creek
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crane Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,728, 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 Crane Creek's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Crane Creek
Crane Creek runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crane Creek.
Who works in Crane Creek, and how
Work in Crane Creek centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Crane Creek
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Crane Creek, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crane Creek, month by month
Crane Creek sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 77° | 71° | 58° |
| July | 90° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 73° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Crane Creek
The nearest airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crane Creek
Schools across Crane Creek average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lizana Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- West Wortham Elementary And MiddleA− · 59% proficient
- Hancock North Central ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hancock Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Hancock High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crane Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crane Creek 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 Crane Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crane Creek
Is Crane Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crane Creek ranks 35,917th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crane Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,967. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $53,728 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Crane Creek safe?
Yes, Crane Creek is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $110 per resident a year.
Compare Crane Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crane Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crane Creek 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.
Crane Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crane Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crane Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crane Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crane Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crane Creek 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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