Best PlacesDentville, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dentville, 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.
Dentville ranks 48,070th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dentville
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.
Dentville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dentville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap childcare$683 a month, better than 68% of towns
Where Dentville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute41.8 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dentville
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dentville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,842, 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 Dentville's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Dentville
Dentville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Dentville.
Who works in Dentville, and how
Work in Dentville centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, 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 Dentville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dentville.
What the weather is like in Dentville, month by month
Dentville sees roughly 85 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 | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Dentville
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dentville
Schools across Dentville average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crystal Springs ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Hazlehurst Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crystal Springs Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Hazlehurst Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Crystal Springs High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Hazlehurst High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dentville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dentville 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 Dentville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dentville
Is Dentville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dentville ranks 48,070th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and quiet, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dentville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,624. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $48,842 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Dentville safe?
Dentville is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $291 per resident a year.
Compare Dentville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dentville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dentville 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.
Dentville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dentville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dentville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dentville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dentville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dentville 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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