Best PlacesEdgard, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edgard, 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.
Edgard ranks 47,813th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Edgard
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.
Edgard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edgard ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
Where Edgard ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Edgard
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edgard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,614, 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 Edgard's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Edgard
Edgard 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 Edgard.
Who works in Edgard, and how
Work in Edgard centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, 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 Edgard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Edgard.
What the weather is like in Edgard, month by month
Edgard sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 94° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 84° | 74° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Edgard
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 19 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 Edgard
Schools across Edgard average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- R.j. Vial Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Luling Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- West St. John Elementary School (k-7)D− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- J.b. Martin Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- R.k. Smith Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Hahnville High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- West St. John High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edgard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edgard 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 Edgard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Edgard
Is Edgard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edgard ranks 47,813th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low property taxes, and an educated workforce, 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 Edgard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,511. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $71,614 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Edgard safe?
Edgard is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,215 per resident a year.
Compare Edgard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edgard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edgard 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.
Edgard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edgard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edgard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edgard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edgard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edgard 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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