Best PlacesArchibald, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Archibald, 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.
Archibald ranks 46,647th 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 Archibald
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.
Archibald's strengths and weaknesses
Where Archibald ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$625 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 73% of towns
Where Archibald ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Archibald
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Archibald home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,302, 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 Archibald's effective rate of 0.23%, 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 Archibald
Archibald runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Archibald.
Who works in Archibald, and how
Work in Archibald centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Archibald
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Archibald.
What the weather is like in Archibald, month by month
Archibald sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 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° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Archibald
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 187 miles away.
The best schools in and around Archibald
Schools across Archibald average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mangham Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Baskin SchoolD · 17% proficient
- Rayville Elementary SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mangham Junior High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Rayville Junior High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top high schools
- Mangham High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Delhi High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Rayville High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Archibald school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Archibald 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 Archibald against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Archibald
Is Archibald a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Archibald ranks 46,647th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, short commutes, and a stable housing market, 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 Archibald expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $153,721. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $57,302 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Archibald safe?
Archibald is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $773 per resident a year.
Compare Archibald with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Archibald. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Archibald 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.
Archibald detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Archibald: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Archibald: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Archibald: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Archibald: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Archibald 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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