Best PlacesMartin, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Martin, 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.
Martin ranks 48,701st 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 Martin
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.
Martin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Martin ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$636 a month, better than 75% of towns
Where Martin ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Martin
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Martin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,633, 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 Martin's effective rate of 0.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Martin
Martin 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 Martin.
Who works in Martin, and how
Work in Martin centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Martin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Martin.
What the weather is like in Martin, month by month
Martin sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 61, 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 | 61° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Martin
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 192 miles away.
The best schools in and around Martin
Schools across Martin average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Red River Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Red River Junior High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Red River High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Martin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Martin 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 Martin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Martin
Is Martin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Martin ranks 48,701st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and tree cover, 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 Martin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,600. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $58,633 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Martin safe?
Martin is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $671 per resident a year.
Compare Martin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Martin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Martin 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.
Martin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Martin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Martin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Martin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Martin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Martin 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.