Best PlacesRork, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rork, 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.
Rork ranks 29,562nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rork
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.
Rork's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rork ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Rork ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rork
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rork home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,425, 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 Rork's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rork
Rork's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rork.
Who works in Rork, and how
Work in Rork centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rork
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rork.
What the weather is like in Rork, month by month
Rork sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Rork
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rork
Schools across Rork average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Iota Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Richard Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Iota Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Iota High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Eunice High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Church Point High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rork school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rork 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 Rork against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rork
Is Rork a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rork ranks 29,562nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rork expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,746. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $85,425 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Rork safe?
Rork is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $534 per resident a year.
Compare Rork with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rork. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rork 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.
Rork detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rork: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rork: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rork: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rork: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rork 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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