Best PlacesDarrow, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Darrow, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Darrow ranks 34,021st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Darrow
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.
Darrow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Darrow ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$137,961 median, better than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of towns
Where Darrow ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute43.7 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Darrow
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Darrow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,961, 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 Darrow's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Darrow
Darrow runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Darrow.
Who works in Darrow, and how
Work in Darrow centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Darrow
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Darrow.
What the weather is like in Darrow, month by month
Darrow sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Darrow
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Darrow
Schools across Darrow average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sorrento Primary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Pecan Grove Primary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- St. Amant Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Gonzales Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- St. Amant High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- East Ascension High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Darrow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Darrow 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 Darrow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Darrow
Is Darrow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Darrow ranks 34,021st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, civic engagement, and high incomes, 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 Darrow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $387,600. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $137,961 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Darrow safe?
Darrow is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,045 per resident a year.
Compare Darrow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Darrow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Darrow 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.
Darrow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Darrow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Darrow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Darrow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Darrow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Darrow 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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