Best PlacesMayhew, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mayhew, 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.
Mayhew ranks 42,083rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mayhew
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.
Mayhew's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mayhew ranks high
- Cheap childcare$512 a month, better than 91% of towns
- Short commute20.6 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 80% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 114 pleasant days a year, better than 76% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
Where Mayhew ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$47,651 median, better than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mayhew
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mayhew home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $47,651, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Mayhew's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Mayhew
Mayhew 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 Mayhew.
Who works in Mayhew, and how
Work in Mayhew centers on manufacturing 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 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mayhew
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mayhew.
What the weather is like in Mayhew, month by month
Mayhew sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Mayhew
The nearest airport, Golden Triangle Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mayhew
Schools across Mayhew average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Lowndes ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- South Side Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Socsd/msu Partnership Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- West Point High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- West Lowndes High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mayhew school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mayhew 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 Mayhew against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mayhew
Is Mayhew a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mayhew ranks 42,083rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mayhew expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,634. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $47,651 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Mayhew safe?
Mayhew is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $188 per resident a year.
Compare Mayhew with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mayhew. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mayhew 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.
Mayhew detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mayhew: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mayhew: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mayhew: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mayhew: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mayhew 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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