Best PlacesHouse, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around House, 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.
House ranks 25,318th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in House
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.
House's strengths and weaknesses
Where House ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$531 a month, better than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
Where House ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in House
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median House home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,395, 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 House's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in House
House runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for House.
Who works in House, and how
Work in House centers on health care & social and utilities. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in House
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across House.
What the weather is like in House, month by month
House sees roughly 109 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 House
The nearest airport, Key Field, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 176 miles away.
The best schools in and around House
Schools across House average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newton County Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Neshoba Central Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Union Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Neshoba Central Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Union Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Union High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Neshoba Central High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every House school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
House 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 House against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in House
Is House a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, House ranks 25,318th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is House expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,899. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $81,395 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is House safe?
House is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $252 per resident a year.
Compare House with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to House. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in House 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.
House detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for House: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in House: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of House: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in House: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
House 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.