Best PlacesPiave, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Piave, 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.
Piave ranks 34,137th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Piave
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.
Piave's strengths and weaknesses
Where Piave ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$535 a month, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Piave ranks low
- Short commute42.7 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Piave
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Piave home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,552, 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 Piave's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Piave
Piave runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Piave.
Who works in Piave, and how
Work in Piave centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Piave
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Piave.
What the weather is like in Piave, month by month
Piave sees roughly 79 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 Piave
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Piave
Schools across Piave average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clara Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Sand Hill Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Richton High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Wayne County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Piave school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Piave 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 Piave against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Piave
Is Piave a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Piave ranks 34,137th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Piave expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $140,661. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $68,552 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Piave safe?
Yes, Piave is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $123 per resident a year.
Compare Piave with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Piave. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Piave 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.
Piave detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Piave: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Piave: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Piave: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Piave: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Piave 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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