Best PlacesLuna, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Luna, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Luna ranks 18,600th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Luna
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.
Luna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Luna ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
Where Luna ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Luna
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Luna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,832, 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 Luna's effective rate of 0.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Luna
Luna's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Luna.
Who works in Luna, and how
Work in Luna centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Luna
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Luna.
What the weather is like in Luna, month by month
Luna sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Luna
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 199 miles away.
The best schools in and around Luna
Schools across Luna average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pinecrest Elementary/middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- West Ouachita High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Richwood High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Luna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Luna 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 Luna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Luna
Is Luna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Luna ranks 18,600th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, low crime, and tree cover, 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 Luna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,764. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $78,832 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Luna safe?
Yes, Luna is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $194 per resident a year.
Compare Luna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Luna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Luna 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.
Luna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Luna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Luna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Luna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Luna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Luna 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.