Best PlacesGordon, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gordon, 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.
Gordon ranks 45,175th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gordon
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.
Gordon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gordon ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$636 a month, better than 75% of towns
Where Gordon ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gordon
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gordon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,734, 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 Gordon's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gordon
Gordon runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gordon.
Who works in Gordon, and how
Work in Gordon centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Gordon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gordon.
What the weather is like in Gordon, month by month
Gordon sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Gordon
The nearest airport, South Arkansas Regional at Goodwin Field, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 221 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gordon
Schools across Gordon average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Haynesville Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Homer Junior High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Emerson High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Haynesville Jr./sr. High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gordon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gordon 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 Gordon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gordon
Is Gordon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gordon ranks 45,175th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and quiet, 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 Gordon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,688. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $65,734 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Gordon safe?
Gordon is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $804 per resident a year.
Compare Gordon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gordon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gordon 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.
Gordon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gordon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gordon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gordon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gordon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gordon 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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