Best PlacesAma, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ama, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ama ranks 35,423rd 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 Ama
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.
Ama's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ama ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Ama ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ama
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ama home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,762, 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 Ama's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ama
Ama runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ama.
Who works in Ama, and how
Work in Ama centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ama
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ama.
What the weather is like in Ama, month by month
Ama sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 94° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 84° | 74° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Ama
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ama
Schools across Ama average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ray St. Pierre Academy For Advanced StudiesA+ · 77% proficient
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Luling Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- J.b. Martin Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- R.k. Smith Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Thomas Jefferson High School For Advanced StudiesA+ · 80% proficient
- Hahnville High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ama school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ama 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 Ama against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ama
Is Ama a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ama ranks 35,423rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and a strong job market, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ama expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,995. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $74,762 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Ama safe?
Yes, Ama is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.
Compare Ama with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ama. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ama 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.
Ama detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ama: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ama: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ama: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ama: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ama 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.