Best PlacesPleasant Grove, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasant Grove, 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.
Pleasant Grove ranks 48,805th 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 affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasant 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.
Pleasant Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasant Grove ranks high
- Cheap childcare$526 a month, better than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
Where Pleasant Grove ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$38,206 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasant Grove
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasant Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $38,206, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Pleasant Grove's effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove'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 Pleasant Grove.
Who works in Pleasant Grove, and how
Work in Pleasant Grove centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pleasant Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasant Grove.
What the weather is like in Pleasant Grove, month by month
Pleasant Grove sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Pleasant Grove
Memphis International sits about 42 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pleasant Grove
Schools across Pleasant Grove average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Batesville Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Batesville Intermediate SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Green Hill IntermediateF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Panola Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- South Panola High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- North Panola High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasant Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasant 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 Pleasant Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pleasant Grove
Is Pleasant Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasant Grove ranks 48,805th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasant Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,329. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $38,206 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pleasant Grove safe?
Pleasant Grove is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasant Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasant Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasant 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.
Pleasant Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasant Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasant Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasant Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasant Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasant 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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