Best PlacesAbbeville, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Abbeville, 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.
Abbeville ranks 44,028th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Abbeville
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.
Abbeville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Abbeville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Abbeville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Abbeville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Abbeville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,005, 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 Abbeville's effective rate of 0.28%, 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 Abbeville
Abbeville'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 Abbeville.
Who works in Abbeville, and how
Work in Abbeville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Abbeville
Abbeville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Abbeville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Abbeville, month by month
Abbeville sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 65, 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 | 65° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 68° | 58° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Abbeville
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Abbeville
Schools across Abbeville average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cecil Picard Elementary School At MauriceA− · 57% proficient
- Forked Island/e. Broussard Elem SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Seventh Ward Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Erath Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- North Vermilion Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Rene A. Rost Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Erath High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- North Vermilion High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Kaplan High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Abbeville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Abbeville 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 Abbeville against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Abbeville suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Abbeville
Is Abbeville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Abbeville ranks 44,028th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and walkability, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Abbeville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,553. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $58,005 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Abbeville safe?
Abbeville is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $704 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Abbeville?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 65 with lows near 42. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of towns.
Is Abbeville good for families?
Schools beat 24% of towns, crime safety beats 14%, and childcare runs $637 a month.
Compare Abbeville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Abbeville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Abbeville 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.
Abbeville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Abbeville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Abbeville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Abbeville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Abbeville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Abbeville 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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