Best PlacesPass Christian, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pass Christian, 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.
Pass Christian ranks 26,292nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on good schools.
The best neighborhoods in Pass Christian
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.
Pass Christian's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pass Christian ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 75% of towns
Where Pass Christian ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pass Christian
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pass Christian home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,622, 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 Pass Christian's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pass Christian
Pass Christian runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pass Christian.
Who works in Pass Christian, and how
Work in Pass Christian centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pass Christian
Pass Christian has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Pass Christian and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pass Christian, month by month
Pass Christian sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 52° | 44° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 82° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Pass Christian
The nearest airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pass Christian
Schools across Pass Christian average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pineville Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Lizana Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- East Hancock Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harper Mc Caughan Elem SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Hancock Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Pass Christian MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Pass Christian High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- West Harrison High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Hancock High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pass Christian school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pass Christian 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 Pass Christian against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pass Christian
Is Pass Christian a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pass Christian ranks 26,292nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, fast internet, and cell coverage, and lowest on disaster risk and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pass Christian expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $279,018. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $73,622 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Pass Christian safe?
Yes, Pass Christian is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $141 per resident a year.
Compare Pass Christian with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pass Christian. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pass Christian 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.
Pass Christian detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pass Christian: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pass Christian: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pass Christian: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pass Christian: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pass Christian 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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