Best PlacesMaxie, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maxie, 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.
Maxie ranks 24,860th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Maxie
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.
Maxie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maxie ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of towns
- Household income$91,320 median, better than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$667 a month, better than 70% of towns
Where Maxie ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute34.9 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maxie
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maxie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,320, 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 Maxie's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Maxie
Maxie 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 Maxie.
Who works in Maxie, and how
Work in Maxie centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Maxie
The coast is about 51 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Maxie, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maxie, month by month
Maxie 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 Maxie
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Maxie
Schools across Maxie average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Forrest Attendance CenterB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perry Central Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Stone High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Forrest County Agricultural Hi SchC+ · 38% proficient
- Perry Central High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maxie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maxie 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 Maxie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maxie
Is Maxie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maxie ranks 24,860th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and what local pay buys, 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 Maxie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,977. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $91,320 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Maxie safe?
Maxie is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $172 per resident a year.
Compare Maxie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maxie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maxie 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.
Maxie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maxie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maxie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maxie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maxie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maxie 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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