Best PlacesGray Point, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gray Point, 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.
Gray Point ranks 48,003rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gray Point
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.
Gray Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gray Point ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
Where Gray Point ranks low
- Short commute50.4 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$45,700 median, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gray Point
A household needs to earn about $19,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gray Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,700, 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 Gray Point's effective rate of 0.29%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gray Point
Gray Point runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gray Point.
Who works in Gray Point, and how
Work in Gray Point centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Gray Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gray Point.
What the weather is like in Gray Point, month by month
Gray Point sees roughly 77 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 Gray Point
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gray Point
Schools across Gray Point average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Mamou High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gray Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gray Point 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 Gray Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gray Point
Is Gray Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gray Point ranks 48,003rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gray Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $78,600. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $45,700 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Gray Point safe?
Gray Point is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $631 per resident a year.
Compare Gray Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gray Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gray Point 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.
Gray Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gray Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gray Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gray Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gray Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gray Point 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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