Best PlacesGlenmora, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glenmora, 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.
Glenmora ranks 46,770th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glenmora
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.
Glenmora's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glenmora ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 66% of towns
Where Glenmora ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.6 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glenmora
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glenmora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,641, 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 Glenmora's effective rate of 0.39%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glenmora
Glenmora runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glenmora.
Who works in Glenmora, and how
Work in Glenmora centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Glenmora
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glenmora.
What the weather is like in Glenmora, month by month
Glenmora sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 68° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Glenmora
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glenmora
Schools across Glenmora average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Caroline Dormon Junior High SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Forest Hill Junior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oakdale Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Oakdale High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Rapides High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glenmora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glenmora 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 Glenmora against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glenmora
Is Glenmora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glenmora ranks 46,770th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and tree cover, 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 Glenmora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,595. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $54,641 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Glenmora safe?
Glenmora is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $739 per resident a year.
Compare Glenmora with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glenmora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glenmora 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.
Glenmora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glenmora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glenmora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glenmora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glenmora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glenmora 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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