Best PlacesPlain Dealing, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plain Dealing, 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.
Plain Dealing ranks 47,712th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Plain Dealing
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.
Plain Dealing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plain Dealing ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 79% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Plain Dealing ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plain Dealing
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plain Dealing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,905, 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 Plain Dealing's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Plain Dealing
Plain Dealing 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 Plain Dealing.
Who works in Plain Dealing, and how
Work in Plain Dealing centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to 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 Plain Dealing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Plain Dealing.
What the weather is like in Plain Dealing, month by month
Plain Dealing sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 77° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Plain Dealing
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 183 miles away.
The best schools in and around Plain Dealing
Schools across Plain Dealing average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kingston Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Herndon Magnet SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Benton Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Benton Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- North Webster Junior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Benton High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Bradley High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- North Caddo High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plain Dealing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plain Dealing 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 Plain Dealing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plain Dealing
Is Plain Dealing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plain Dealing ranks 47,712th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and tree cover, 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 Plain Dealing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $106,009. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $48,905 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Plain Dealing safe?
Plain Dealing is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $732 per resident a year.
Compare Plain Dealing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plain Dealing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plain Dealing 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.
Plain Dealing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plain Dealing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plain Dealing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plain Dealing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plain Dealing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plain Dealing 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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