Best PlacesGlen Allan, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Allan, 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.
Glen Allan ranks 49,171st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Allan
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.
Glen Allan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Allan ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$525 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 71% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 70% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of towns
Where Glen Allan ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$23,722 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
Who lives in Glen Allan
Glen Allan runs younger than the country, 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 Glen Allan.
Who works in Glen Allan, and how
Work in Glen Allan centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in Glen Allan
Glen Allan has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Glen Allan and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glen Allan, month by month
Glen Allan sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 55, 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 | 55° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Glen Allan
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 152 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glen Allan
Schools across Glen Allan average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eudora Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Sanders Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- South Delta Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Delta Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverside High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Simmons High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- South Delta High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Allan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Allan 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 Glen Allan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Allan
Is Glen Allan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Allan ranks 49,171st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Allan safe?
Glen Allan is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $437 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Glen Allan?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 37. That works out to about 85 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of towns.
Compare Glen Allan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Allan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Allan 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.
Glen Allan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Allan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Allan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Allan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Allan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Allan 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.
- 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.
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