Best PlacesPoplarville, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Poplarville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Poplarville ranks 41,565th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Poplarville
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.
Poplarville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Poplarville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$525 a month, better than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 67% of towns
- BikingBetter than 66% of towns
Where Poplarville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.5 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Poplarville
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Poplarville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,254, 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 Poplarville's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Poplarville
Poplarville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Poplarville.
Who works in Poplarville, and how
Work in Poplarville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Poplarville
Poplarville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 64 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Poplarville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Poplarville, month by month
Poplarville sees roughly 92 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 Poplarville
The nearest airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Poplarville
Schools across Poplarville average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perkinston Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- West Wortham Elementary And MiddleA− · 59% proficient
- Hancock North Central ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hancock Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Stone Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Middle School Of PoplarvilleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Poplarville Jr Sr High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Stone High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Pearl River Central High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Poplarville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Poplarville 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 Poplarville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Poplarville
Is Poplarville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Poplarville ranks 41,565th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and low property taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Poplarville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,013. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $55,254 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Poplarville safe?
Yes, Poplarville is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $154 per resident a year.
Compare Poplarville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Poplarville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Poplarville 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.
Poplarville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Poplarville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Poplarville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Poplarville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Poplarville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Poplarville 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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