Best PlacesVaughan, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vaughan, 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.
Vaughan ranks 47,671st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vaughan
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.
Vaughan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vaughan ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
- Cheap childcare$687 a month, better than 67% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 66% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of towns
Where Vaughan ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vaughan
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vaughan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,102, 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 Vaughan's effective rate of 0.23%, 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 Vaughan
Vaughan runs older 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 Vaughan.
Who works in Vaughan, and how
Work in Vaughan centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Vaughan
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vaughan.
What the weather is like in Vaughan, month by month
Vaughan sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Vaughan
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 154 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vaughan
Schools across Vaughan average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Camden ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Linwood Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Goodman Pickens Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shirley D. Simmons Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Huey L. Porter Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Yazoo County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Velma Jackson High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Yazoo County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Canton Public High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vaughan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vaughan 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 Vaughan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vaughan
Is Vaughan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vaughan ranks 47,671st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on thin health care access and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vaughan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,450. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $54,102 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Vaughan safe?
Vaughan is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Vaughan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vaughan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vaughan 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.
Vaughan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vaughan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vaughan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vaughan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vaughan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vaughan 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.