Best PlacesWoodville, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodville, 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.
Woodville ranks 50,097th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodville
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.
Woodville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$540 a month, better than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 69% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 64% of towns
Where Woodville ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$32,216 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodville
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $32,216, 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 Woodville's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Woodville
Woodville 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 Woodville.
Who works in Woodville, and how
Work in Woodville centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Woodville
Woodville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Woodville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodville, month by month
Woodville sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Woodville
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodville
Schools across Woodville average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Finch ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
- Wilkinson County ElementaryF · 6% proficient
- Jefferson Co Elem SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson Co Jr HiD− · 15% proficient
- William Winans Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Co HighD− · 17% proficient
- Natchez High SchoolF · 7% proficient
- Wilkinson County HighF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodville 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 Woodville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodville
Is Woodville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodville ranks 50,097th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and walkability, and lowest on the schools and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $86,060. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $32,216 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Woodville safe?
Woodville is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $448 per resident a year.
Compare Woodville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodville 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.
Woodville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodville 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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