Best PlacesAngie, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Angie, 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.
Angie ranks 49,869th 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 Angie
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.
Angie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Angie ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap childcare$642 a month, better than 74% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 66% of towns
Where Angie ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,728 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Angie
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Angie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,728, 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 Angie's effective rate of 0.22%, 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 Angie
Angie'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 Angie.
Who works in Angie, and how
Work in Angie centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Angie
Angie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Angie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Angie, month by month
Angie sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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 | 80° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Angie
The nearest airport, Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Angie
Schools across Angie average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Baxterville SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Thomas Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Dexter Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Franklinton Junior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Pine SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Franklinton High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Varnado High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Angie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Angie 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 Angie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Angie
Is Angie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Angie ranks 49,869th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and quiet, 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 Angie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,317. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $36,728 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Angie safe?
Angie is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $792 per resident a year.
Compare Angie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Angie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Angie 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.
Angie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Angie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Angie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Angie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Angie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Angie 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.