Best PlacesSloan, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sloan, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sloan ranks 7,922nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sloan
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.
Sloan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sloan ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Sloan ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sloan
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sloan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,049, 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 Sloan's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sloan
Sloan runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sloan.
Who works in Sloan, and how
Work in Sloan centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Sloan
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sloan.
What the weather is like in Sloan, month by month
Sloan sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 80° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 68° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Sloan
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sloan
Schools across Sloan average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jimmie M. Goodloe Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Huey L. Porter Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Canton Public High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sloan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sloan 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 Sloan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sloan
Is Sloan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sloan ranks 7,922nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, an educated workforce, and population health, and lowest on state infrastructure and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sloan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,005. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $92,049 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Sloan safe?
Yes, Sloan is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $136 per resident a year.
Compare Sloan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sloan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sloan 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.
Sloan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sloan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sloan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sloan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sloan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sloan 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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