Best PlacesMire, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mire, 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.
Mire ranks 42,348th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mire
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.
Mire's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mire ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
Where Mire ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mire
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mire home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,091, 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 Mire'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 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 Mire
Mire's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mire.
Who works in Mire, and how
Work in Mire centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mire
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mire.
What the weather is like in Mire, month by month
Mire sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 80° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Mire
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mire
Schools across Mire average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Branch Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Mire Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Rayne High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Church Point High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mire school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mire 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 Mire against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mire
Is Mire a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mire ranks 42,348th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and few empty homes, and lowest on summer heat 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 Mire expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $128,225. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $54,091 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Mire safe?
Mire is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $576 per resident a year.
Compare Mire with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mire. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mire 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.
Mire detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mire: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mire: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mire: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mire: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mire 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.