Best PlacesDavant, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Davant, 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.
Davant ranks 48,790th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Davant
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.
Davant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Davant ranks high
- Short commute18.2 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 108 pleasant days a year, better than 74% of towns
Where Davant ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Davant
A household needs to earn about $14,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Davant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,273, 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 Davant's effective rate of 0.37%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Davant
Davant runs older 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 Davant.
Who works in Davant, and how
Work in Davant centers on admin & support services and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Davant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Davant.
What the weather is like in Davant, month by month
Davant sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 78° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 73° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Davant
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 36 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Davant
Schools across Davant average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Belle Chasse Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Belle Chasse Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Belle Chasse High SchoolB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Davant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Davant 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 Davant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Davant
Is Davant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Davant ranks 48,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, 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 Davant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $58,600. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $51,273 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Davant safe?
Davant is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $779 per resident a year.
Compare Davant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Davant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Davant 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.
Davant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Davant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Davant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Davant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Davant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Davant 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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