Best PlacesPascagoula, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pascagoula, 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.
Pascagoula ranks 38,746th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pascagoula
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.
Pascagoula's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pascagoula ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute19.2 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Pascagoula ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pascagoula
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pascagoula home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,013, 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 Pascagoula's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Pascagoula
Pascagoula runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pascagoula.
Who works in Pascagoula, and how
Work in Pascagoula centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pascagoula
Pascagoula has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. The coast is about 4 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pascagoula and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pascagoula, month by month
Pascagoula 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 Pascagoula
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pascagoula
Schools across Pascagoula average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Central Upper ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Beach Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Lake Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Central Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- William M Colmer Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Trent Lott AcademyC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- East Central High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Gautier High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Pascagoula High SchoolB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pascagoula school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pascagoula 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 Pascagoula against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Pascagoula suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 4% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Pascagoula
Is Pascagoula a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pascagoula ranks 38,746th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pascagoula expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,536. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $58,013 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Pascagoula safe?
Pascagoula is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pascagoula?
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 68% of towns.
Is Pascagoula good for families?
Schools beat 57% of towns, crime safety beats 21%, and childcare runs $664 a month.
Compare Pascagoula with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pascagoula. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pascagoula 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.
Pascagoula detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pascagoula: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pascagoula: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pascagoula: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pascagoula: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pascagoula 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.
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