Best PlacesGlenwild, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glenwild, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Glenwild ranks 49,199th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Glenwild
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.
Glenwild's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glenwild ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 114 pleasant days a year, better than 77% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Glenwild ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glenwild
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glenwild home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,154, 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 Glenwild's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Glenwild
Glenwild 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 Glenwild.
Who works in Glenwild, and how
Work in Glenwild centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Glenwild
The coast is about 57 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Glenwild, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glenwild, month by month
Glenwild sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 91° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Glenwild
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glenwild
Schools across Glenwild average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bayou Vista Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Berwick Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Stephensville Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Berwick Junior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Morgan City Junior High SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Patterson Junior High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Berwick High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Morgan City High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Patterson High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glenwild school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glenwild 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 Glenwild against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glenwild
Is Glenwild a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glenwild ranks 49,199th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glenwild expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,200. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $58,154 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Glenwild safe?
Glenwild is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,276 per resident a year.
Compare Glenwild with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glenwild. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glenwild 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.
Glenwild detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glenwild: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glenwild: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glenwild: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glenwild: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glenwild 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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