Best PlacesMc Neill, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mc Neill, 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.
Mc Neill ranks 27,500th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Mc Neill
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.
Mc Neill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mc Neill ranks high
- Cheap childcare$551 a month, better than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 68% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 68% of towns
Where Mc Neill ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mc Neill
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mc Neill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,841, 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 Mc Neill's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mc Neill
Mc Neill 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 Mc Neill.
Who works in Mc Neill, and how
Work in Mc Neill centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mc Neill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mc Neill.
What the weather is like in Mc Neill, month by month
Mc Neill sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Mc Neill
The nearest airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mc Neill
Schools across Mc Neill average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pearl River Central ElementarB+ · 51% proficient
- Purvis Upper ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pearl River Central Junior HighB+ · 47% proficient
- Purvis Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Pearl River Central High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Purvis High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mc Neill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mc Neill 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 Mc Neill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mc Neill
Is Mc Neill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mc Neill ranks 27,500th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on disaster risk and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mc Neill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,589. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $73,841 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Mc Neill safe?
Yes, Mc Neill is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $142 per resident a year.
Compare Mc Neill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mc Neill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mc Neill 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.
Mc Neill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mc Neill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mc Neill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mc Neill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mc Neill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mc Neill 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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