Best PlacesHolly Bluff, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holly Bluff, 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.
Holly Bluff ranks 28,025th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Holly Bluff
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.
Holly Bluff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holly Bluff ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$118,845 median, better than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Short commute21.6 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
Where Holly Bluff ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holly Bluff
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holly Bluff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,845, 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 Holly Bluff's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Holly Bluff
Holly Bluff runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Holly Bluff.
Who works in Holly Bluff, and how
Work in Holly Bluff centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Holly Bluff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Holly Bluff.
What the weather is like in Holly Bluff, month by month
Holly Bluff sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Holly Bluff
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holly Bluff
Schools across Holly Bluff average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bentonia Gibbs SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- South Delta Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Mccoy Elementary SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- Yazoo County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- South Delta Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Bettie E Woolfolk Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Yazoo County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- South Delta High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Yazoo City High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holly Bluff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holly Bluff 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 Holly Bluff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holly Bluff
Is Holly Bluff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holly Bluff ranks 28,025th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and quiet, 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 Holly Bluff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,034. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $118,845 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Holly Bluff safe?
Holly Bluff is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
Compare Holly Bluff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holly Bluff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holly Bluff 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.
Holly Bluff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holly Bluff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holly Bluff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holly Bluff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holly Bluff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holly Bluff 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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