Best PlacesDundee, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dundee, 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.
Dundee ranks 46,530th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Dundee
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.
Dundee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dundee ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$643 a month, better than 74% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 66% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 59% of towns
Where Dundee ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dundee
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dundee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,436, 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 Dundee's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Dundee
Dundee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dundee.
Who works in Dundee, and how
Work in Dundee centers on health care & social and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Dundee
Dundee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Dundee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dundee, month by month
Dundee sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Dundee
Memphis International sits about 42 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Dundee
Schools across Dundee average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Strayhorn Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Tunica Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Dundee Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tunica Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- North Panola Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Coahoma County Jr/sr High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Coldwater High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- Rosa Fort High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dundee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dundee 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 Dundee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dundee
Is Dundee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dundee ranks 46,530th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and fast internet, and lowest on the schools and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dundee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,310. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $53,436 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Dundee safe?
Dundee is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $365 per resident a year.
Compare Dundee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dundee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dundee 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.
Dundee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dundee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dundee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dundee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dundee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dundee 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.