Best PlacesCrossroads, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crossroads, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Crossroads ranks 18,044th 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 Crossroads
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.
Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Crossroads ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$534 a month, better than 88% of towns
Where Crossroads ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute38.5 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,028, 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 Crossroads' effective rate of 0.61%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crossroads
Crossroads runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crossroads.
Who works in Crossroads, and how
Work in Crossroads centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Crossroads, month by month
Crossroads sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 59, 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 | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Crossroads
The nearest airport, Key Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crossroads
Schools across Crossroads average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Neshoba Central Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Neshoba Central Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Neshoba Central High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Kemper County High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crossroads 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 Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crossroads
Is Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crossroads ranks 18,044th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on state infrastructure and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,180. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $79,028 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Crossroads safe?
Crossroads is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $229 per resident a year.
Compare Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crossroads 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.
Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crossroads 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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