Best PlacesMcCrea, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McCrea, 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.
McCrea ranks 50,324th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in McCrea
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.
McCrea's strengths and weaknesses
Where McCrea ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$584 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 85 pleasant days a year, better than 54% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 51% of towns
Where McCrea ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McCrea
A household needs to earn about $15,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McCrea home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,779, 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 McCrea'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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in McCrea
McCrea runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for McCrea.
Who works in McCrea, and how
Work in McCrea centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in McCrea
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across McCrea.
What the weather is like in McCrea, month by month
McCrea sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of McCrea
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around McCrea
Schools across McCrea average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Upper Pointe Coupee Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Livonia High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McCrea school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McCrea 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 McCrea against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McCrea
Is McCrea a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McCrea ranks 50,324th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on a weak job market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McCrea expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $64,708. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $43,779 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is McCrea safe?
McCrea is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,343 per resident a year.
Compare McCrea with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McCrea. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McCrea 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.
McCrea detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McCrea: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McCrea: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McCrea: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McCrea: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McCrea 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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