Best PlacesPickwick, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pickwick, 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.
Pickwick ranks 48,884th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The cost of living against local pay pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Pickwick
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.
Pickwick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pickwick ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$530 a month, better than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 64% of towns
Where Pickwick ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$34,757 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute40.5 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pickwick
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pickwick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $34,757, 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 Pickwick's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Pickwick
Pickwick's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pickwick.
Who works in Pickwick, and how
Work in Pickwick centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pickwick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pickwick.
What the weather is like in Pickwick, month by month
Pickwick sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 65, 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 | 65° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Pickwick
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pickwick
Schools across Pickwick average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Marion Primary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- East Marion Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Marion ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- West Marion High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- East Marion High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pickwick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pickwick 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 Pickwick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pickwick
Is Pickwick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pickwick ranks 48,884th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and quiet, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pickwick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $67,502. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $34,757 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pickwick safe?
Pickwick is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
Compare Pickwick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pickwick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pickwick 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.
Pickwick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pickwick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pickwick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pickwick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pickwick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pickwick 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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