Best PlacesNecaise, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Necaise, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Necaise ranks 23,056th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Necaise
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.
Necaise's strengths and weaknesses
Where Necaise ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
Where Necaise ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Necaise
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Necaise home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,096, 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 Necaise's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Necaise
Necaise runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Necaise.
Who works in Necaise, and how
Work in Necaise centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Necaise
The coast is about 38 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Necaise, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Necaise, month by month
Necaise sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 77° | 71° | 58° |
| July | 90° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 73° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Necaise
The nearest airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Necaise
Schools across Necaise average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hancock North Central ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- West Hancock Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Poplarville Upper Elementary SchC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hancock Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Middle School Of PoplarvilleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Poplarville Jr Sr High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Hancock High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Necaise school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Necaise 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 Necaise against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Necaise
Is Necaise a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Necaise ranks 23,056th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and a strong job 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 Necaise expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,614. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $79,096 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Necaise safe?
Yes, Necaise is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $108 per resident a year.
Compare Necaise with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Necaise. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Necaise 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.
Necaise detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Necaise: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Necaise: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Necaise: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Necaise: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Necaise 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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