Best PlacesSaukum, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Saukum, 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.
Saukum ranks 49,791st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Saukum
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.
Saukum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Saukum ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$540 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 75% of towns
Where Saukum ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Household income$40,790 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Saukum
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saukum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,790, 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 Saukum's effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Saukum
Saukum 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 Saukum.
Who works in Saukum, and how
Work in Saukum centers on health care & social and utilities. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Saukum
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Saukum.
What the weather is like in Saukum, month by month
Saukum 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 Saukum
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Saukum
Schools across Saukum average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Finch ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- William Winans Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilkinson County HighF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saukum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saukum 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 Saukum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Saukum
Is Saukum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saukum ranks 49,791st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and affordable childcare, and lowest on internet speeds and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saukum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $124,800. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $40,790 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Saukum safe?
Saukum is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
Compare Saukum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saukum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saukum 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.
Saukum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saukum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saukum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saukum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saukum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saukum 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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