Best PlacesGaryville, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garyville, 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.
Garyville ranks 46,712th 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 Garyville
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.
Garyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garyville ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$96,798 median, better than 83% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Garyville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 1% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Garyville
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,798, 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 Garyville's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Garyville
Garyville's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Garyville.
Who works in Garyville, and how
Work in Garyville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Garyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Garyville.
What the weather is like in Garyville, month by month
Garyville 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 Garyville
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 22 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 Garyville
Schools across Garyville average a D−, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St. Amant Primary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
- Garyville/mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.F · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- St. Amant Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Gramercy Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- East St. John Preparatory AcademyF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- St. Amant High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Lutcher High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- East St. John High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garyville 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 Garyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Garyville
Is Garyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garyville ranks 46,712th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, a stable housing market, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,279. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $96,798 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Garyville safe?
Garyville is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,422 per resident a year.
Compare Garyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garyville 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.
Garyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garyville 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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