Best PlacesPecan Grove, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pecan Grove, 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.
Pecan Grove ranks 23,292nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pecan Grove
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.
Pecan Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pecan Grove ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$527 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Pecan Grove ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pecan Grove
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pecan Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,449, 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 Pecan Grove's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pecan Grove
Pecan Grove runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pecan Grove.
Who works in Pecan Grove, and how
Work in Pecan Grove centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pecan Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pecan Grove.
What the weather is like in Pecan Grove, month by month
Pecan Grove sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Pecan Grove
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pecan Grove
Schools across Pecan Grove average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Glade Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- South Jones Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- South Jones High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Northeast Jones High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pecan Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pecan Grove 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 Pecan Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pecan Grove
Is Pecan Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pecan Grove ranks 23,292nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low crime, and quiet, and lowest on state infrastructure and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pecan Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,895. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $60,449 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Pecan Grove safe?
Yes, Pecan Grove is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $100 per resident a year.
Compare Pecan Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pecan Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pecan Grove 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.
Pecan Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pecan Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pecan Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pecan Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pecan Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pecan Grove 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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