Best PlacesMissionary, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Missionary, 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.
Missionary ranks 49,344th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Missionary
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.
Missionary's strengths and weaknesses
Where Missionary ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 67% of towns
- Cheap childcare$732 a month, better than 60% of towns
Where Missionary ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Missionary
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Missionary home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,798, 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 Missionary's effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Missionary
Missionary 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 Missionary.
Who works in Missionary, and how
Work in Missionary centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Missionary
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Missionary.
What the weather is like in Missionary, month by month
Missionary sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Missionary
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Missionary
Schools across Missionary average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bradley Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- North Caddo Elementary-middle SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Bradley High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- North Caddo High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Missionary school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Missionary 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 Missionary against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Missionary
Is Missionary a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Missionary ranks 49,344th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low disaster risk, and low property taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Missionary expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,478. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $55,798 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Missionary safe?
Missionary is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $988 per resident a year.
Compare Missionary with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Missionary. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Missionary 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.
Missionary detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Missionary: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Missionary: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Missionary: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Missionary: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Missionary 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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