Best PlacesPeck, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peck, 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.
Peck ranks 47,718th 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 Peck
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.
Peck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peck ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$633 a month, better than 76% of towns
- QuietBetter than 60% of towns
Where Peck ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$45,595 median, better than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peck
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,595, 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 Peck's effective rate of 0.16%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Peck
Peck 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 Peck.
Who works in Peck, and how
Work in Peck centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Peck
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peck.
What the weather is like in Peck, month by month
Peck sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Peck
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peck
Schools across Peck average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gilbert SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin Parish High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Tensas High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peck 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 Peck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peck
Is Peck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peck ranks 47,718th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,686. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $45,595 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Peck safe?
Peck is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $546 per resident a year.
Compare Peck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peck 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.
Peck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peck 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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