Best PlacesLeakesville, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leakesville, 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.
Leakesville ranks 44,272nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Leakesville
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.
Leakesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leakesville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$533 a month, better than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 75% of towns
Where Leakesville ranks low
- Short commute45.4 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leakesville
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leakesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,175, 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 Leakesville's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Leakesville
Leakesville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Leakesville.
Who works in Leakesville, and how
Work in Leakesville centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Leakesville
Leakesville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Leakesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Leakesville, month by month
Leakesville sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Leakesville
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Leakesville
Schools across Leakesville average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rocky Creek Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Sand Hill Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Leakesville Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- George County Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Leakesville Jr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Greene County High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Richton High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Perry Central High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leakesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leakesville 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 Leakesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leakesville
Is Leakesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leakesville ranks 44,272nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leakesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $94,013. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $60,175 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Leakesville safe?
Leakesville is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Leakesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leakesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leakesville 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.
Leakesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leakesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leakesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leakesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leakesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leakesville 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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