Best PlacesCatuna, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Catuna, 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.
Catuna ranks 45,815th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Catuna
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.
Catuna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Catuna ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 75% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 61% of towns
Where Catuna ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Catuna
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Catuna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,607, 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 Catuna's effective rate of 0.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Catuna
Catuna runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Catuna.
Who works in Catuna, and how
Work in Catuna centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Catuna
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Catuna.
What the weather is like in Catuna, month by month
Catuna sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 61, 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 | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Catuna
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Catuna
Schools across Catuna average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mansfield Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mansfield Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Mansfield High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Catuna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Catuna 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 Catuna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Catuna
Is Catuna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Catuna ranks 45,815th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and civic engagement, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Catuna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,003. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $69,607 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Catuna safe?
Catuna is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $816 per resident a year.
Compare Catuna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Catuna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Catuna 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.
Catuna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Catuna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Catuna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Catuna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Catuna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Catuna 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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