Best PlacesGibbstown, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gibbstown, 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.
Gibbstown ranks 50,127th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gibbstown
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.
Gibbstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gibbstown ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.3 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 72% of towns
Where Gibbstown ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gibbstown
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gibbstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $32,342, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Gibbstown's effective rate of 0.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gibbstown
Gibbstown 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 Gibbstown.
Who works in Gibbstown, and how
Work in Gibbstown centers on mining & oil & gas and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gibbstown
The coast is about 58 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Gibbstown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gibbstown, month by month
Gibbstown sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 58° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 71° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Gibbstown
The nearest airport, Lake Charles Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gibbstown
Schools across Gibbstown average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top high schools
- South Cameron High SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gibbstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gibbstown 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 Gibbstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gibbstown
Is Gibbstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gibbstown ranks 50,127th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, short commutes, and quiet, and lowest on crime and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gibbstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,400. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $32,342 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Gibbstown safe?
Gibbstown is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,436 per resident a year.
Compare Gibbstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gibbstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gibbstown 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.
Gibbstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gibbstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gibbstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gibbstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gibbstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gibbstown 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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