Best PlacesMovella, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Movella, 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.
Movella ranks 36,792nd 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 Movella
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.
Movella's strengths and weaknesses
Where Movella ranks high
- Cheap childcare$525 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Movella ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute43.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Movella
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Movella home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,569, 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 Movella's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Movella
Movella runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Movella.
Who works in Movella, and how
Work in Movella centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Movella
The coast is about 44 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Movella, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Movella, month by month
Movella sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Movella
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Movella
Schools across Movella average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Agricola Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- George County Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- George County High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Movella school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Movella 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 Movella against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Movella
Is Movella a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Movella ranks 36,792nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low crime, and a stable housing market, and lowest on disaster risk and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Movella expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,692. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $67,569 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Movella safe?
Yes, Movella is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $114 per resident a year.
Compare Movella with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Movella. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Movella 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.
Movella detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Movella: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Movella: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Movella: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Movella: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Movella 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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