Best PlacesSharp, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharp, 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.
Sharp ranks 49,638th 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 Sharp
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.
Sharp's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharp ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$731 a month, better than 60% of towns
Where Sharp ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$42,530 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sharp
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharp home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,530, 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 Sharp's effective rate of 0.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sharp
Sharp runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Sharp.
Who works in Sharp, and how
Work in Sharp centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Sharp
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sharp.
What the weather is like in Sharp, month by month
Sharp sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Sharp
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 180 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sharp
Schools across Sharp average a C−, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colfax Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Grant High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharp school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharp 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 Sharp against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sharp
Is Sharp a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharp ranks 49,638th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sharp expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,400. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $42,530 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Sharp safe?
Sharp is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $603 per resident a year.
Compare Sharp with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharp. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharp 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.
Sharp detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharp: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharp: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharp: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharp: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharp 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.