Best PlacesTylertown, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tylertown, 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.
Tylertown ranks 46,017th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Tylertown
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.
Tylertown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tylertown ranks high
- Cheap childcare$535 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 72% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 69% of towns
Where Tylertown ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Household income$47,062 median, better than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute35.9 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tylertown
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tylertown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,062, 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 Tylertown's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tylertown
Tylertown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tylertown.
Who works in Tylertown, and how
Work in Tylertown centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tylertown
Tylertown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tylertown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tylertown, month by month
Tylertown sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Tylertown
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tylertown
Schools across Tylertown average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Marion Primary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- North Pike Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Dexter Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Marion ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- North Pike Junior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Tylertown Elementary SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- West Marion High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Pine SchoolC · 34% proficient
- North Pike Senior High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tylertown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tylertown 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 Tylertown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tylertown
Is Tylertown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tylertown ranks 46,017th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and walkability, and lowest on state infrastructure and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tylertown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,043. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $47,062 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Tylertown safe?
Tylertown is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
Compare Tylertown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tylertown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tylertown 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.
Tylertown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tylertown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tylertown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tylertown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tylertown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tylertown 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.