Best PlacesMorvant, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morvant, 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.
Morvant ranks 34,790th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Morvant
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.
Morvant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morvant ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
Where Morvant ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morvant
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morvant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,225, 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 Morvant's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morvant
Morvant runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morvant.
Who works in Morvant, and how
Work in Morvant centers on construction and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Morvant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morvant.
What the weather is like in Morvant, month by month
Morvant sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Morvant
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 40 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Morvant
Schools across Morvant average a C+, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bayou Community Academy Charter SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Thibodaux Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Thibodaux High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morvant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morvant 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 Morvant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morvant
Is Morvant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morvant ranks 34,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morvant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $140,800. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $74,225 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Morvant safe?
Morvant is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $478 per resident a year.
Compare Morvant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morvant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morvant 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.
Morvant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morvant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morvant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morvant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morvant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morvant 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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