Best PlacesLittle Yazoo, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Yazoo, 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.
Little Yazoo ranks 48,231st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Little Yazoo
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.
Little Yazoo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Yazoo ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 69% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
- Cheap childcare$687 a month, better than 67% of towns
Where Little Yazoo ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,846 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Yazoo
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Yazoo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,846, 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 Little Yazoo's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Little Yazoo
Little Yazoo 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 Little Yazoo.
Who works in Little Yazoo, and how
Work in Little Yazoo centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Little Yazoo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Little Yazoo.
What the weather is like in Little Yazoo, month by month
Little Yazoo sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Little Yazoo
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Yazoo
Schools across Little Yazoo average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bentonia Gibbs SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- East Flora ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Yazoo County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison Central High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Yazoo County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Yazoo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Yazoo 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 Little Yazoo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Yazoo
Is Little Yazoo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Yazoo ranks 48,231st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and a strong job market, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Yazoo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $135,619. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $36,846 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Little Yazoo safe?
Little Yazoo is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Little Yazoo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Yazoo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Yazoo 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.
Little Yazoo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Yazoo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Yazoo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Yazoo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Yazoo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Yazoo 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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