Best PlacesUnion Church, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Union Church, 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.
Union Church ranks 46,239th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Union Church
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.
Union Church's strengths and weaknesses
Where Union Church ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$551 a month, better than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Union Church ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Union Church
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Union Church home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,692, 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 Union Church's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Union Church
Union Church's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Union Church.
Who works in Union Church, and how
Work in Union Church centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Union Church
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Union Church.
What the weather is like in Union Church, month by month
Union Church sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Union Church
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Union Church
Schools across Union Church average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson Co Elem SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson Co Jr HiD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Co HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Union Church school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Union Church 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 Union Church against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Union Church
Is Union Church a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Union Church ranks 46,239th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on state infrastructure and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Union Church expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,303. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $49,692 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Union Church safe?
Union Church is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $302 per resident a year.
Compare Union Church with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Union Church. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Union Church 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.
Union Church detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Union Church: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Union Church: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Union Church: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Union Church: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Union Church 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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