Best PlacesPhillipstown, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Phillipstown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Phillipstown ranks 49,488th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Phillipstown
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.
Phillipstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Phillipstown ranks high
- Cheap childcare$532 a month, better than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 65% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of towns
- Short commute26.7 minutes each way, better than 52% of towns
Where Phillipstown ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Phillipstown
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Phillipstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,100, 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 Phillipstown's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Phillipstown
Phillipstown runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Phillipstown.
Who works in Phillipstown, and how
Work in Phillipstown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Phillipstown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Phillipstown.
What the weather is like in Phillipstown, month by month
Phillipstown sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Phillipstown
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Phillipstown
Schools across Phillipstown average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Leflore County Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amanda Elzy Junior High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- S V Marshall Middle SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Amanda Elzy High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Leflore County High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Phillipstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Phillipstown 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 Phillipstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Phillipstown
Is Phillipstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Phillipstown ranks 49,488th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on education levels and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Phillipstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $93,100. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $47,100 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Phillipstown safe?
Phillipstown is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $436 per resident a year.
Compare Phillipstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Phillipstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Phillipstown 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.
Phillipstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Phillipstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Phillipstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Phillipstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Phillipstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Phillipstown 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.