Best PlacesShipman, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shipman, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Shipman ranks 33,293rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shipman
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.
Shipman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shipman ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$525 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Shipman ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shipman
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shipman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,211, 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 Shipman's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shipman
Shipman runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shipman.
Who works in Shipman, and how
Work in Shipman centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Shipman
The coast is about 48 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Shipman, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Shipman, month by month
Shipman sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Shipman
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shipman
Schools across Shipman average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Agricola Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Rocky Creek Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- George County Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Lt Taylor Intermediate SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- George County High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shipman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shipman 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 Shipman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shipman
Is Shipman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shipman ranks 33,293rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shipman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,222. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $66,211 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Shipman safe?
Yes, Shipman is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $83 per resident a year.
Compare Shipman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shipman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shipman 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.
Shipman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shipman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shipman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shipman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shipman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shipman 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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