Best PlacesMoss Point, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moss Point, 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.
Moss Point ranks 2,020th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Moss Point
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.
Moss Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moss Point ranks high
- Cheap childcare$664 a month, better than 92% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of cities
- QuietBetter than 81% of cities
Where Moss Point ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 2% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 2% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Moss Point
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moss Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,379, 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 Moss Point'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Moss Point
Moss Point runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Moss Point.
Who works in Moss Point, and how
Work in Moss Point centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Moss Point
Moss Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of cities. The coast is about 18 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Moss Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Moss Point, month by month
Moss Point sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, 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 | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Moss Point
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Moss Point
Schools across Moss Point average a C, better than 36% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- East Central Upper ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Moss Point Escatawpa Upper ElemD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Central Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Vancleave Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Lt Taylor Intermediate SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- East Central High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Vancleave High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- George County High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moss Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moss Point 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 Moss Point against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Moss Point suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Moss Point
Is Moss Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moss Point ranks 2,020th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moss Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,176. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $60,379 median income, cost of living beats 26% of cities.
Is Moss Point safe?
Moss Point is safer than 28% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Moss Point?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 42. That works out to about 99 pleasant days a year, more than 59% of cities.
Is Moss Point good for families?
Schools beat 36% of cities, crime safety beats 28%, and childcare runs $664 a month.
Compare Moss Point with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moss Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moss Point 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.
Moss Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moss Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moss Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moss Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moss Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moss Point 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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