Best PlacesFerry Lake, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ferry Lake, 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.
Ferry Lake ranks 48,193rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Ferry Lake
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.
Ferry Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ferry Lake ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 75% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 72% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 98 pleasant days a year, better than 67% of towns
Where Ferry Lake ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$38,386 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ferry Lake
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ferry Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $38,386, 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 Ferry Lake's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ferry Lake
Ferry Lake 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 Ferry Lake.
Who works in Ferry Lake, and how
Work in Ferry Lake centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ferry Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ferry Lake.
What the weather is like in Ferry Lake, month by month
Ferry Lake sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 77° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Ferry Lake
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ferry Lake
Schools across Ferry Lake average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Herndon Magnet SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- George Washington Carver ElD+ · 22% proficient
- Mooringsport Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Donnie Bickham Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- North Caddo High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Northwood High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ferry Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ferry Lake 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 Ferry Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ferry Lake
Is Ferry Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ferry Lake ranks 48,193rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, civic engagement, and low disaster risk, and lowest on state infrastructure and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ferry Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,378. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $38,386 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Ferry Lake safe?
Ferry Lake is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Ferry Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ferry Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ferry Lake 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.
Ferry Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ferry Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ferry Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ferry Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ferry Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ferry Lake 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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