Best PlacesTen Mile, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ten Mile, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ten Mile ranks 27,355th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ten Mile
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.
Ten Mile's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ten Mile ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
Where Ten Mile ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute46.2 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ten Mile
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ten Mile home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,077, 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 Ten Mile'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 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 Ten Mile
Ten Mile'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 Ten Mile.
Who works in Ten Mile, and how
Work in Ten Mile centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Ten Mile
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ten Mile, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ten Mile, month by month
Ten Mile sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 52° | 44° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 82° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Ten Mile
The nearest airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ten Mile
Schools across Ten Mile average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perkinston Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stone Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Stone High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ten Mile school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ten Mile 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 Ten Mile against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ten Mile
Is Ten Mile a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ten Mile ranks 27,355th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low crime, and a stable housing market, and lowest on disaster risk and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ten Mile expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,622. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $90,077 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Ten Mile safe?
Yes, Ten Mile is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $128 per resident a year.
Compare Ten Mile with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ten Mile. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ten Mile 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.
Ten Mile detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ten Mile: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ten Mile: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ten Mile: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ten Mile: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ten Mile 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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