Best PlacesSumner, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sumner, 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.
Sumner ranks 48,122nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sumner
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.
Sumner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sumner ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap childcare$539 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
Where Sumner ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$39,830 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sumner
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sumner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,830, 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 Sumner's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sumner
Sumner runs younger 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 Sumner.
Who works in Sumner, and how
Work in Sumner centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sumner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sumner.
What the weather is like in Sumner, month by month
Sumner sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 44° | 38° |
| April | 75° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Sumner
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sumner
Schools across Sumner average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lockard Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- R H Bearden Elementary SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carver Elementary SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- West Tallahatchie High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Gentry High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sumner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sumner 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 Sumner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sumner
Is Sumner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sumner ranks 48,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, a stable housing market, and walkability, 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 Sumner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,274. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $39,830 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Sumner safe?
Sumner is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $418 per resident a year.
Compare Sumner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sumner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sumner 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.
Sumner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sumner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sumner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sumner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sumner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sumner 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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