Best PlacesLocke Station, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Locke Station, 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.
Locke Station ranks 41,271st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Locke Station
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.
Locke Station's strengths and weaknesses
Where Locke Station ranks high
- Cheap childcare$529 a month, better than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 69% of towns
Where Locke Station ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.6 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Locke Station
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Locke Station home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,802, 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 Locke Station's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Locke Station
Locke Station runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Locke Station.
Who works in Locke Station, and how
Work in Locke Station centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Locke Station
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Locke Station.
What the weather is like in Locke Station, month by month
Locke Station sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 43° | 36° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Locke Station
Memphis International sits about 54 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Locke Station
Schools across Locke Station average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Batesville Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Batesville Intermediate SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Quitman County Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Quitman County Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- South Panola High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- M. S. Palmer High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Locke Station school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Locke Station 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 Locke Station against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Locke Station
Is Locke Station a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Locke Station ranks 41,271st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, quiet, and an educated workforce, and lowest on state infrastructure and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Locke Station expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $78,626. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $61,802 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Locke Station safe?
Locke Station is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Locke Station with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Locke Station. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Locke Station 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.
Locke Station detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Locke Station: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Locke Station: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Locke Station: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Locke Station: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Locke Station 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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