Best PlacesYazoo County, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Yazoo County, 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.
Yazoo County ranks 3,082nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Yazoo County
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.
Yazoo County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yazoo County ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of counties
- TransitBetter than 72% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 69% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 61% of counties
- Cheap childcare$687 a month, better than 60% of counties
Where Yazoo County ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 1% of counties
- Household income$45,208 median, better than only 4% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 5% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Yazoo County
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yazoo County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,208, 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 Yazoo County's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yazoo County
Yazoo County'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 Yazoo County.
Who works in Yazoo County, and how
Work in Yazoo County centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Yazoo County
Yazoo County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Yazoo County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Yazoo County growing, and who is moving in?
Yazoo County has lost about 17% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Jackson, MS metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Yazoo County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Yazoo County, month by month
Yazoo County sees roughly 86 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 Yazoo County
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yazoo County
Schools across Yazoo County average a D−, better than 1% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Redwood Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Camden ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Bentonia Gibbs SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Lovett Elem SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Northwest Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison Central High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Velma Jackson High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Clinton High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yazoo County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yazoo County 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 Yazoo County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Yazoo County suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Yazoo County
Is Yazoo County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yazoo County ranks 3,082nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a stable housing market, transit, and low property taxes, and lowest on the schools and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yazoo County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,610. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $45,208 median income, cost of living beats 5% of counties.
Is Yazoo County safe?
Yazoo County is safer than 9% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $344 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Yazoo County?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 39. That works out to about 86 pleasant days a year, more than 47% of counties.
Is Yazoo County good for families?
Schools beat 1% of counties, crime safety beats 9%, and childcare runs $687 a month.
Compare Yazoo County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yazoo County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yazoo County 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.
Yazoo County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yazoo County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yazoo County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yazoo County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yazoo County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yazoo County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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