Best PlacesMarco, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marco, 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.
Marco ranks 28,774th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Marco
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.
Marco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marco ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$106,021 median, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 69% of towns
Where Marco ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marco
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,021, 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 Marco's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marco
Marco 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 Marco.
Who works in Marco, and how
Work in Marco centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Marco
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Marco.
What the weather is like in Marco, month by month
Marco sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, 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 | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Marco
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 182 miles away.
The best schools in and around Marco
Schools across Marco average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colfax Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grant Junior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Grant High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Montgomery High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marco school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marco 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 Marco against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marco
Is Marco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marco ranks 28,774th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on internet speeds and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,471. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $106,021 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Marco safe?
Marco is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $427 per resident a year.
Compare Marco with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marco 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.
Marco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marco 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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