Best PlacesSinger, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Singer, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Singer ranks 37,280th 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 Singer
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.
Singer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Singer ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$98,166 median, better than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$612 a month, better than 78% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Singer ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute38.6 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Singer
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Singer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,166, 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 Singer's effective rate of 0.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Singer
Singer runs younger than the country, 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 Singer.
Who works in Singer, and how
Work in Singer centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Singer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Singer.
What the weather is like in Singer, month by month
Singer sees roughly 94 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° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Singer
The nearest airport, Lake Charles Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Singer
Schools across Singer average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Beauregard Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Beauregard Upper Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- South Beauregard High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Singer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Singer 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 Singer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Singer
Is Singer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Singer ranks 37,280th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, what local pay buys, and high incomes, 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 Singer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $303,013. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $98,166 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Singer safe?
Yes, Singer is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Singer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Singer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Singer 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.
Singer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Singer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Singer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Singer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Singer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Singer 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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