Best PlacesHarperville, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harperville, 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.
Harperville ranks 38,060th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Harperville
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.
Harperville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harperville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$529 a month, better than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Harperville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harperville
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harperville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,463, 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 Harperville's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harperville
Harperville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harperville.
Who works in Harperville, and how
Work in Harperville centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Harperville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harperville.
What the weather is like in Harperville, month by month
Harperville sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Harperville
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harperville
Schools across Harperville average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Leake County Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Leake County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harperville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harperville 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 Harperville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harperville
Is Harperville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harperville ranks 38,060th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and quiet, and lowest on education levels and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harperville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,453. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $46,463 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Harperville safe?
Yes, Harperville is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $118 per resident a year.
Compare Harperville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harperville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harperville 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.
Harperville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harperville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harperville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harperville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harperville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harperville 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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