Best PlacesMinorca, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minorca, 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.
Minorca ranks 46,052nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Minorca
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.
Minorca's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minorca ranks high
- Short commute13.7 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$639 a month, better than 74% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 69% of towns
Where Minorca ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minorca
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minorca home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,652, 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 Minorca's effective rate of 0.27%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Minorca
Minorca runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minorca.
Who works in Minorca, and how
Work in Minorca centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Minorca
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Minorca.
What the weather is like in Minorca, month by month
Minorca sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Minorca
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minorca
Schools across Minorca average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ferriday Upper Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ferriday Junior High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Vidalia High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Ferriday High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minorca school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minorca 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 Minorca against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minorca
Is Minorca a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minorca ranks 46,052nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, low property taxes, and a strong job market, 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 Minorca expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,191. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $52,652 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Minorca safe?
Minorca is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $786 per resident a year.
Compare Minorca with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minorca. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minorca 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.
Minorca detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minorca: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minorca: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minorca: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minorca: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minorca 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.