Best PlacesCarterville, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carterville, 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.
Carterville ranks 42,536th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Carterville
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.
Carterville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carterville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
Where Carterville ranks low
- Short commute48.8 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Carterville
A household needs to earn about $14,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carterville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,000, 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 Carterville's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Carterville
Carterville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Carterville.
Who works in Carterville, and how
Work in Carterville centers on mining & oil & gas and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Carterville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Carterville.
What the weather is like in Carterville, month by month
Carterville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Carterville
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 190 miles away.
The best schools in and around Carterville
Schools across Carterville average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bradley Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Brown Upper Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Webster Junior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Bradley High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- North Webster High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carterville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carterville 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 Carterville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Carterville
Is Carterville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carterville ranks 42,536th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and health care access, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carterville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $55,000. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $83,000 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Carterville safe?
Carterville is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $659 per resident a year.
Compare Carterville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carterville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carterville 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.
Carterville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carterville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carterville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carterville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carterville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carterville 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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