Best PlacesKeatchie, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Keatchie, 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.
Keatchie ranks 47,098th 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 Keatchie
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.
Keatchie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Keatchie ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 74% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 67% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 65% of towns
Where Keatchie ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Keatchie
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Keatchie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,758, 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 Keatchie's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Keatchie
Keatchie runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Keatchie.
Who works in Keatchie, and how
Work in Keatchie centers on mining & oil & gas and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Keatchie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Keatchie.
What the weather is like in Keatchie, month by month
Keatchie sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Keatchie
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 173 miles away.
The best schools in and around Keatchie
Schools across Keatchie average a C−, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Desoto Upper Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Mansfield Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Walnut Hill Elementary/middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caddo Parish Middle Magnet SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- North Desoto Middle School 6-8A− · 58% proficient
- Mansfield Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- North Desoto High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Mansfield High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Southwood High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Keatchie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Keatchie 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 Keatchie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Keatchie
Is Keatchie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Keatchie ranks 47,098th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on state infrastructure and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Keatchie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,163. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $51,758 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Keatchie safe?
Keatchie is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $598 per resident a year.
Compare Keatchie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Keatchie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Keatchie 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.
Keatchie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Keatchie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Keatchie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Keatchie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Keatchie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Keatchie 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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