Best PlacesFlora, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Flora, 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.
Flora ranks 40,767th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Flora
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.
Flora's strengths and weaknesses
Where Flora ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 78% of towns
- Household income$87,433 median, better than 74% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 61% of towns
Where Flora ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Flora
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Flora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,433, 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 Flora's effective rate of 0.28%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Flora
Flora 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 Flora.
Who works in Flora, and how
Work in Flora centers on transportation & warehousing and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Flora
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Flora.
What the weather is like in Flora, month by month
Flora sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Flora
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Flora
Schools across Flora average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- N.s.u. Elementary Lab SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Provencal Elementary & Junior High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- N.s.u. Middle Lab SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Many High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Montgomery High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Flora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Flora 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 Flora against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Flora
Is Flora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Flora ranks 40,767th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and what local pay buys, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Flora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,346. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $87,433 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Flora safe?
Flora is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $800 per resident a year.
Compare Flora with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Flora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Flora 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.
Flora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Flora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Flora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Flora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Flora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Flora 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.