Best PlacesIota, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Iota, 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.
Iota ranks 38,413th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Iota
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.
Iota's strengths and weaknesses
Where Iota ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 72% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Iota ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute41.2 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Iota
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Iota home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,577, 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 Iota's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Iota
Iota 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 Iota.
Who works in Iota, and how
Work in Iota centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Iota
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Iota.
What the weather is like in Iota, month by month
Iota sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Iota
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Iota
Schools across Iota average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Egan Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Evangeline Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Iota Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Iota Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Crowley Middle SchoolF · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Iota High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Jennings High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Crowley High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Iota school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Iota 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 Iota against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Iota
Is Iota a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Iota ranks 38,413th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Iota expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,943. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $72,577 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Iota safe?
Iota is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $561 per resident a year.
Compare Iota with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Iota. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Iota 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.
Iota detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Iota: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Iota: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Iota: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Iota: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Iota 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.