Best PlacesIssaquena County, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Issaquena County, 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.
Issaquena County ranks 3,141st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Issaquena County
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.
Issaquena County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Issaquena County ranks high
- QuietBetter than 99% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of counties
- Cheap childcare$540 a month, better than 84% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 57% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 53% of counties
Where Issaquena County ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 1% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Issaquena County
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Issaquena County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $32,871, 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 Issaquena County's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 Issaquena County
Issaquena County runs older 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 Issaquena County.
Who works in Issaquena County, and how
Work in Issaquena County centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Issaquena County
Issaquena County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Issaquena County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Issaquena County growing, and who is moving in?
Issaquena County has lost about 7% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Grenada County, MS.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Issaquena County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Issaquena County, month by month
Issaquena County 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 Issaquena County
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Issaquena County
Schools across Issaquena County average an F, better than 1% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Redwood Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Bowmar Avenue SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Eudora Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vicksburg Junior High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- South Delta Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Madison Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Warren Central High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Vicksburg High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- General Trass High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Issaquena County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Issaquena County 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 Issaquena County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Issaquena County
Is Issaquena County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Issaquena County ranks 3,141st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on walkability and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Issaquena County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,100. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $32,871 median income, cost of living beats 1% of counties.
Is Issaquena County safe?
Issaquena County is safer than 5% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Issaquena County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Issaquena County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Issaquena County 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.
Issaquena County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Issaquena County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Issaquena County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Issaquena County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Issaquena County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Issaquena County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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