Best PlacesNorah, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Norah, 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.
Norah ranks 34,018th 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 Norah
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.
Norah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Norah ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$99,892 median, better than 85% of towns
Where Norah ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute37.8 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Norah
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Norah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,892, 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 Norah's effective rate of 0.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Norah
Norah 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 Norah.
Who works in Norah, and how
Work in Norah centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Norah
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Norah.
What the weather is like in Norah, month by month
Norah 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 Norah
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 30 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 Norah
Schools across Norah average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lockport Upper Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lockport Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Lafourche High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Norah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Norah 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 Norah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Norah
Is Norah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Norah ranks 34,018th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and low property taxes, 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 Norah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,420. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $99,892 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Norah safe?
Norah is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $552 per resident a year.
Compare Norah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Norah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Norah 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.
Norah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Norah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Norah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Norah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Norah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Norah 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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