Best PlacesScooba, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Scooba, 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.
Scooba ranks 47,692nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Scooba
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.
Scooba's strengths and weaknesses
Where Scooba ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$540 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 66% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 95 pleasant days a year, better than 65% of towns
Where Scooba ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Scooba
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Scooba home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $47,161; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Scooba's effective rate of 0.38%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Scooba
Scooba runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Scooba.
Who works in Scooba, and how
Work in Scooba centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Scooba
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Scooba.
What the weather is like in Scooba, month by month
Scooba sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Scooba
The nearest airport, Key Field, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Scooba
Schools across Scooba average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Livingston Junior High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Kemper County Lower ElementaryF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kemper County Upper ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
- B F Liddell Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Kemper County High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Aliceville High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Scooba school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Scooba 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 Scooba against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Scooba
Is Scooba a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Scooba ranks 47,692nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and clean air, and lowest on the schools and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Scooba expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,624. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $47,161 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Scooba safe?
Scooba is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
Compare Scooba with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Scooba. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Scooba 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.
Scooba detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Scooba: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Scooba: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Scooba: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Scooba: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Scooba 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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