Best PlacesGramercy, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gramercy, 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.
Gramercy ranks 41,393rd 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 Gramercy
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.
Gramercy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gramercy ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 108 pleasant days a year, better than 73% of towns
Where Gramercy ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gramercy
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gramercy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,135, 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 Gramercy's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gramercy
Gramercy runs younger than the country, 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 Gramercy.
Who works in Gramercy, and how
Work in Gramercy centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Gramercy
Gramercy has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Gramercy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gramercy, month by month
Gramercy sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, 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 | 64° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Gramercy
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 26 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 Gramercy
Schools across Gramercy average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Paulina Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gramercy Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Lutcher High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gramercy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gramercy 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 Gramercy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gramercy
Is Gramercy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gramercy ranks 41,393rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gramercy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,011. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $62,135 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Gramercy safe?
Gramercy is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $492 per resident a year.
Compare Gramercy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gramercy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gramercy 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.
Gramercy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gramercy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gramercy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gramercy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gramercy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gramercy 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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