Best PlacesStokes, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stokes, 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.
Stokes ranks 32,103rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Stokes
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.
Stokes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Stokes ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap childcare$649 a month, better than 73% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
Where Stokes ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stokes
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stokes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,974, 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 Stokes' effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Stokes
Stokes's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stokes.
Who works in Stokes, and how
Work in Stokes centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Stokes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stokes.
What the weather is like in Stokes, month by month
Stokes sees roughly 76 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 Stokes
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stokes
Schools across Stokes average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Luther Branson SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Jimmie M. Goodloe Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shirley D. Simmons Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Huey L. Porter Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Velma Jackson High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Canton Public High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stokes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stokes 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 Stokes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stokes
Is Stokes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stokes ranks 32,103rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and fast internet, 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 Stokes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,582. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $75,974 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Stokes safe?
Stokes is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Stokes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stokes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stokes 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.
Stokes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stokes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stokes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stokes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stokes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stokes 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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