Best PlacesEola, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eola, 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.
Eola ranks 50,316th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eola
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.
Eola's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eola ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap childcare$639 a month, better than 74% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 71% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 65% of towns
Where Eola ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
Who lives in Eola
Eola 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 Eola.
Who works in Eola, and how
Work in Eola centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Eola
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eola.
What the weather is like in Eola, month by month
Eola sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Eola
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eola
Schools across Eola average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bunkie Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Bunkie Magnet High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eola school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eola 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 Eola against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eola
Is Eola a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eola ranks 50,316th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eola safe?
Eola is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,212 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Eola?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 42. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 49% of towns.
Compare Eola with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eola. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eola 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.
Eola detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eola: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eola: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eola: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eola: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eola 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.
- 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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