Best PlacesPrince Chapel, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prince Chapel, 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.
Prince Chapel ranks 31,930th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Prince Chapel
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.
Prince Chapel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prince Chapel ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$536 a month, better than 88% of towns
Where Prince Chapel ranks low
- Short commute42.0 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prince Chapel
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prince Chapel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,110, 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 Prince Chapel's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prince Chapel
Prince Chapel runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prince Chapel.
Who works in Prince Chapel, and how
Work in Prince Chapel centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Prince Chapel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prince Chapel.
What the weather is like in Prince Chapel, month by month
Prince Chapel sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 59, 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 | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Prince Chapel
The nearest airport, Key Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prince Chapel
Schools across Prince Chapel average a B−, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Neshoba Central Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Kemper County High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prince Chapel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prince Chapel 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 Prince Chapel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prince Chapel
Is Prince Chapel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prince Chapel ranks 31,930th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and quiet, 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 Prince Chapel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $87,627. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $71,110 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Prince Chapel safe?
Prince Chapel is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Prince Chapel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prince Chapel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prince Chapel 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.
Prince Chapel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prince Chapel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prince Chapel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prince Chapel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prince Chapel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prince Chapel 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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