Best PlacesMarksville, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marksville, 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.
Marksville ranks 48,015th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Marksville
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.
Marksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marksville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$639 a month, better than 74% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of towns
Where Marksville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marksville
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,022, 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 Marksville's effective rate of 0.18%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marksville
Marksville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Marksville.
Who works in Marksville, and how
Work in Marksville centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Marksville
Marksville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Marksville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marksville, month by month
Marksville sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Marksville
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Marksville
Schools across Marksville average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Poland Junior High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Lafargue Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Plaucheville Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Rapides High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Avoyelles High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Marksville High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marksville 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 Marksville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marksville
Is Marksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marksville ranks 48,015th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, walkability, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,682. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $48,022 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Marksville safe?
Marksville is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $655 per resident a year.
Compare Marksville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marksville 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.
Marksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marksville 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.