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Ranked for Walkable City Living

Best Places to Live in Mississippi for Walkable City Living

Dense, walkable, connected, diverse metros Ranked by how well each place fits the Walkable City Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 25 places

  1. #1JacksonPopulation 153,271 · mixed overall livability67% match
  2. #2PearlPopulation 27,255 · mixed overall livability61% match
  3. #3OxfordPopulation 25,713 · mixed overall livability61% match
  4. #4D'IbervillePopulation 12,922 · mixed overall livability61% match
  5. #5FlowoodPopulation 10,204 · mixed overall livability61% match
  6. #6Gulf HillsPopulation 8,647 · mixed overall livability61% match
  7. #7RichlandPopulation 7,208 · mixed overall livability61% match
  8. #8LatimerPopulation 6,436 · mixed overall livability61% match
  9. #9SouthavenPopulation 54,908 · mixed overall livability58% match
  10. #10BeechwoodPopulation 3,468 · mixed overall livability58% match
  11. #11MarionPopulation 2,257 · mixed overall livability58% match
  12. #12Columbus AFBPopulation 1,428 · solid overall livability58% match
  13. #13HattiesburgPopulation 48,466 · mixed overall livability53% match
  14. #14Blue MountainPopulation 1,100 · solid overall livability50% match
  15. #15GluckstadtPopulation 2,998 · mixed overall livability48% match
  16. #16LynchburgPopulation 1,950 · mixed overall livability48% match
  17. #17GulfportPopulation 72,524 · mixed overall livability47% match
  18. #18Ocean SpringsPopulation 18,417 · mixed overall livability47% match
  19. #19PetalPopulation 11,047 · mixed overall livability47% match
  20. #20WavelandPopulation 7,075 · mixed overall livability47% match
  21. #21Gulf Park EstatesPopulation 6,965 · mixed overall livability47% match
  22. #22West HattiesburgPopulation 6,234 · mixed overall livability45% match
  23. #23WigginsPopulation 4,266 · mixed overall livability45% match
  24. #24MageePopulation 3,974 · mixed overall livability45% match
  25. #25NicholsonPopulation 2,229 · mixed overall livability45% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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