Best PlacesMcCool, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McCool, 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.
McCool ranks 27,340th 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 McCool
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.
McCool's strengths and weaknesses
Where McCool ranks high
- Cheap childcare$532 a month, better than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
Where McCool ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McCool
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McCool home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,234, 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 McCool's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in McCool
McCool 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 McCool.
Who works in McCool, and how
Work in McCool centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in McCool
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across McCool.
What the weather is like in McCool, month by month
McCool sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 76° | 69° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of McCool
The nearest airport, Golden Triangle Regional, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around McCool
Schools across McCool average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greenlee Attendance CenterB · 47% proficient
- Weir Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eiland Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Ethel Attendance CenterC+ · 38% proficient
- Choctaw County High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Louisville High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McCool school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McCool 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 McCool against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McCool
Is McCool a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McCool ranks 27,340th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and fast internet, and lowest on state infrastructure and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McCool expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $86,354. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $67,234 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is McCool safe?
McCool is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare McCool with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McCool. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McCool 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.
McCool detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McCool: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McCool: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McCool: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McCool: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McCool 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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