Best PlacesOld Shongaloo, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Old Shongaloo, 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.
Old Shongaloo ranks 46,925th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Old Shongaloo
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.
Old Shongaloo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Old Shongaloo ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
Where Old Shongaloo ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Old Shongaloo
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Old Shongaloo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,333, 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 Old Shongaloo's effective rate of 0.22%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Old Shongaloo
Old Shongaloo 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 Old Shongaloo.
Who works in Old Shongaloo, and how
Work in Old Shongaloo centers on education and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Old Shongaloo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Old Shongaloo.
What the weather is like in Old Shongaloo, month by month
Old Shongaloo sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Old Shongaloo
The nearest airport, South Arkansas Regional at Goodwin Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 204 miles away.
The best schools in and around Old Shongaloo
Schools across Old Shongaloo average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brown Upper Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Webster Junior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Taylor High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- North Webster High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Old Shongaloo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Old Shongaloo 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 Old Shongaloo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Old Shongaloo
Is Old Shongaloo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Old Shongaloo ranks 46,925th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, civic engagement, and tree cover, and lowest on state infrastructure and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Old Shongaloo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,900. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $58,333 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Old Shongaloo safe?
Old Shongaloo is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $920 per resident a year.
Compare Old Shongaloo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Old Shongaloo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Old Shongaloo 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.
Old Shongaloo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Old Shongaloo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Old Shongaloo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Old Shongaloo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Old Shongaloo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Old Shongaloo 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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