Best PlacesFriendship, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Friendship, 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.
Friendship ranks 49,892nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Friendship
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.
Friendship's strengths and weaknesses
Where Friendship ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$636 a month, better than 75% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 56% of towns
Where Friendship ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$41,413 median, better than only 3% of towns
Who lives in Friendship
Friendship 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 Friendship.
Who works in Friendship, and how
Work in Friendship centers on other services and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Friendship
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Friendship.
What the weather is like in Friendship, month by month
Friendship sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 59, 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 | 59° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Friendship
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 213 miles away.
The best schools in and around Friendship
Schools across Friendship average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top high schools
- Saline High SchoolB+ · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Friendship school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Friendship 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 Friendship against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Friendship
Is Friendship a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Friendship ranks 49,892nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Friendship safe?
Friendship is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $861 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Friendship?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 39. That works out to about 76 pleasant days a year, more than 40% of towns.
Compare Friendship with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Friendship. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Friendship 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.
Friendship detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Friendship: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Friendship: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Friendship: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Friendship: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Friendship 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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