Best PlacesDixie Pine, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dixie Pine, 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.
Dixie Pine ranks 15,870th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dixie Pine
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.
Dixie Pine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dixie Pine ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
Where Dixie Pine ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dixie Pine
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dixie Pine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,364, 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 Dixie Pine's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Dixie Pine
Dixie Pine runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dixie Pine.
Who works in Dixie Pine, and how
Work in Dixie Pine centers on transportation & warehousing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Dixie Pine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dixie Pine.
What the weather is like in Dixie Pine, month by month
Dixie Pine sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Dixie Pine
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dixie Pine
Schools across Dixie Pine average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Petal ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Dixie Attendance CenterB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Petal Upper Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Petal High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Hattiesburg High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dixie Pine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dixie Pine 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 Dixie Pine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dixie Pine
Is Dixie Pine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dixie Pine ranks 15,870th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and good schools, and lowest on biking and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dixie Pine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,538. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $71,364 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Dixie Pine safe?
Yes, Dixie Pine is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $113 per resident a year.
Compare Dixie Pine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dixie Pine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dixie Pine 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.
Dixie Pine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dixie Pine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dixie Pine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dixie Pine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dixie Pine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dixie Pine 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.