Best PlacesMix, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mix, 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.
Mix ranks 39,545th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mix
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.
Mix's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mix ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap childcare$584 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Mix ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mix
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mix home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,844, 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 Mix's effective rate of 0.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mix
Mix 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 Mix.
Who works in Mix, and how
Work in Mix centers on construction and utilities. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mix
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mix.
What the weather is like in Mix, month by month
Mix sees roughly 95 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 Mix
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mix
Schools across Mix average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rosenwald Elementary SchoolD · 19% 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 Mix school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mix 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 Mix against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mix
Is Mix a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mix ranks 39,545th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and cell coverage, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mix expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,600. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $64,844 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Mix safe?
Mix is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $507 per resident a year.
Compare Mix with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mix. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mix 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.
Mix detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mix: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mix: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mix: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mix: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mix 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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