Best PlacesEastabuchie, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eastabuchie, 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.
Eastabuchie ranks 33,644th 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 Eastabuchie
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.
Eastabuchie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eastabuchie ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap childcare$535 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
Where Eastabuchie ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% 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 Eastabuchie
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eastabuchie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,687, 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 Eastabuchie's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eastabuchie
Eastabuchie runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eastabuchie.
Who works in Eastabuchie, and how
Work in Eastabuchie centers on health care & social and wholesale trade. 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 3%
Life in Eastabuchie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eastabuchie.
What the weather is like in Eastabuchie, month by month
Eastabuchie sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Eastabuchie
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eastabuchie
Schools across Eastabuchie average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Petal ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Moselle Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- North Forrest Attendance CenterB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Petal Upper Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Petal High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- South Jones High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- North Forrest High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eastabuchie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eastabuchie 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 Eastabuchie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eastabuchie
Is Eastabuchie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eastabuchie ranks 33,644th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and civic engagement, and lowest on state infrastructure and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eastabuchie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,980. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $62,687 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Eastabuchie safe?
Yes, Eastabuchie is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $141 per resident a year.
Compare Eastabuchie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eastabuchie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eastabuchie 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.
Eastabuchie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eastabuchie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eastabuchie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eastabuchie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eastabuchie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eastabuchie 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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