Best PlacesHolly Beach, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holly Beach, 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.
Holly Beach ranks 49,336th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holly Beach
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.
Holly Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holly Beach ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 74% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 108 pleasant days a year, better than 73% of towns
Where Holly Beach ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
Who lives in Holly Beach
Holly Beach 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 Holly Beach.
Who works in Holly Beach, and how
Work in Holly Beach centers on utilities and wholesale 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 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Holly Beach
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Holly Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Holly Beach, month by month
Holly Beach sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 79° | 70° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Holly Beach
The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holly Beach
Schools across Holly Beach average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grand Lake ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Dequeen ElF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Grand Lake High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Memorial H SD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holly Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holly Beach 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 Holly Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holly Beach
Is Holly Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holly Beach ranks 49,336th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on disaster risk and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holly Beach safe?
Holly Beach is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,144 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Holly Beach?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 45. That works out to about 108 pleasant days a year, more than 73% of towns.
Compare Holly Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holly Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holly Beach 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.
Holly Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holly Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holly Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holly Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holly Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holly Beach 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.
- 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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