Best PlacesLafayette Springs, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lafayette Springs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lafayette Springs ranks 4,262nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lafayette Springs
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.
Lafayette Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lafayette Springs ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap childcare$499 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
Where Lafayette Springs ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lafayette Springs
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lafayette Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,405, 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 Lafayette Springs' effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Lafayette Springs
Lafayette Springs 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 Lafayette Springs.
Who works in Lafayette Springs, and how
Work in Lafayette Springs centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lafayette Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lafayette Springs.
What the weather is like in Lafayette Springs, month by month
Lafayette Springs sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Lafayette Springs
The nearest airport, Tupelo Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lafayette Springs
Schools across Lafayette Springs average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Della Davidson ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Lafayette Upper Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oxford Intermediate SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Lafayette Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Lafayette High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Oxford High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lafayette Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lafayette Springs 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 Lafayette Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lafayette Springs
Is Lafayette Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lafayette Springs ranks 4,262nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, fast internet, and a strong job market, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lafayette Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,723. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $103,405 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Lafayette Springs safe?
Yes, Lafayette Springs is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $102 per resident a year.
Compare Lafayette Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lafayette Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lafayette Springs 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.
Lafayette Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lafayette Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lafayette Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lafayette Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lafayette Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lafayette Springs 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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