Best PlacesRed Lick, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Lick, 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.
Red Lick ranks 50,083rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Red Lick
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.
Red Lick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Lick ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$536 a month, better than 88% of towns
Where Red Lick ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Household income$42,308 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Lick
A household needs to earn about $19,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Lick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,308, 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 Red Lick's effective rate of 0.39%, 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 Red Lick
Red Lick runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Red Lick.
Who works in Red Lick, and how
Work in Red Lick centers on education and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Red Lick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Lick.
What the weather is like in Red Lick, month by month
Red Lick sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, 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 | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Red Lick
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Lick
Schools across Red Lick average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson Co Elem SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson Co Jr HiD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Co HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Lick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Lick 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 Red Lick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Lick
Is Red Lick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Lick ranks 50,083rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Lick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $76,700. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $42,308 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Red Lick safe?
Red Lick is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Red Lick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Lick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Lick 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.
Red Lick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Lick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Lick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Lick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Lick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Lick 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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