Best PlacesWade, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wade, 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.
Wade ranks 20,370th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wade
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.
Wade's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wade ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
Where Wade ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wade
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wade home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,739, 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 Wade's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wade
Wade's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Wade.
Who works in Wade, and how
Work in Wade centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Wade
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Wade, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wade, month by month
Wade sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Wade
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wade
Schools across Wade average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Central Upper ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Central Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- East Central High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wade school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wade 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 Wade against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wade
Is Wade a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wade ranks 20,370th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, fast internet, and good schools, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wade expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,500. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $87,739 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Wade safe?
Yes, Wade is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $114 per resident a year.
Compare Wade with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wade. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wade 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.
Wade detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wade: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wade: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wade: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wade: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wade 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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