Best PlacesSardis, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sardis, 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.
Sardis ranks 49,303rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Sardis
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.
Sardis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sardis ranks high
- Cheap childcare$526 a month, better than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 65% of towns
Where Sardis ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,369 median, 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 Sardis
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sardis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,369, 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 Sardis' effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Sardis
Sardis 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 Sardis.
Who works in Sardis, and how
Work in Sardis centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sardis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sardis.
What the weather is like in Sardis, month by month
Sardis sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Sardis
Memphis International sits about 43 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 Sardis
Schools across Sardis average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Batesville Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Batesville Intermediate SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Quitman County Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Quitman County Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- North Panola Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- South Panola High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- M. S. Palmer High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- North Panola High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sardis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sardis 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 Sardis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sardis
Is Sardis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sardis ranks 49,303rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and tree cover, and lowest on the schools and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sardis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $81,641. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $37,369 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Sardis safe?
Sardis is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $319 per resident a year.
Compare Sardis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sardis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sardis 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.
Sardis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sardis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sardis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sardis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sardis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sardis 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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