Best PlacesTunica County, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Tunica County, 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.
Tunica County ranks 3,130th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Low incomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Tunica County
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.
Tunica County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tunica County ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 66% of counties
- Cheap childcare$674 a month, better than 62% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 58% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 57% of counties
Where Tunica County ranks low
- Household income$43,687 median, better than only 1% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of counties
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Tunica County
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tunica County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $43,687; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Tunica County's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Tunica County
Tunica County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tunica County.
Who works in Tunica County, and how
Work in Tunica County centers on arts & entertainment and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tunica County
Tunica County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Tunica County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Tunica County growing, and who is moving in?
Tunica County has lost about 13% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Memphis, TN metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Tunica County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Tunica County, month by month
Tunica County sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Tunica County
Memphis International sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tunica County
Schools across Tunica County average a D−, better than 4% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Tunica Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Robinsonville Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Dundee Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Junior High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Tunica Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Rosa Fort High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Lee High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tunica County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tunica County 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 Tunica County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Tunica County
Is Tunica County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tunica County ranks 3,130th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, cell coverage, and affordable childcare, and lowest on low incomes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tunica County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,165. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $43,687 median income, cost of living beats 4% of counties.
Is Tunica County safe?
Tunica County is safer than 2% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $471 per resident a year.
Compare Tunica County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tunica County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tunica County 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.
Tunica County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tunica County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tunica County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tunica County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tunica County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tunica County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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