Best PlacesLumberton, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lumberton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lumberton ranks 39,663rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a strong job market.
The best neighborhoods in Lumberton
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.
Lumberton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lumberton ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$617 a month, better than 77% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 65% of towns
Where Lumberton ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lumberton
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lumberton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,591, 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 Lumberton's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lumberton
Lumberton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lumberton.
Who works in Lumberton, and how
Work in Lumberton centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lumberton
The coast is about 70 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lumberton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lumberton, month by month
Lumberton sees roughly 88 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 Lumberton
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lumberton
Schools across Lumberton average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pearl River Central ElementarB+ · 51% proficient
- South Forrest Attendance CenterB+ · 51% proficient
- Stone Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stone Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Middle School Of PoplarvilleB+ · 49% proficient
- Pearl River Central Junior HighB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Poplarville Jr Sr High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Stone High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Pearl River Central High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lumberton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lumberton 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 Lumberton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lumberton
Is Lumberton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lumberton ranks 39,663rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lumberton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,985. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $66,591 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Lumberton safe?
Lumberton is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $175 per resident a year.
Compare Lumberton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lumberton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lumberton 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.
Lumberton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lumberton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lumberton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lumberton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lumberton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lumberton 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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