Best PlacesTerrytown, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Terrytown, 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.
Terrytown ranks 1,898th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Terrytown
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.
Terrytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Terrytown ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of cities
- Cheap childcare$702 a month, better than 89% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of cities
- School gradeB, better than 85% of cities
Where Terrytown ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 4% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Household income$58,311 median, better than only 6% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Terrytown
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Terrytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,311, 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 Terrytown's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Terrytown
Terrytown runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Terrytown.
Who works in Terrytown, and how
Work in Terrytown centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Terrytown
Terrytown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Terrytown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Terrytown, month by month
Terrytown sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 78° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 73° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Terrytown
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Terrytown
Schools across Terrytown average a B, better than 85% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Gretna No. 2 Academy For Advanced StudiesA+ · 87% proficient
- Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Terrytown Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gretna Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Livaudais Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Thomas Jefferson High School For Advanced StudiesA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Terrytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Terrytown 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 Terrytown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Terrytown suits
Common questions about living in Terrytown
Is Terrytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Terrytown ranks 1,898th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and affordable childcare, 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 Terrytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,230. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $58,311 median income, cost of living beats 4% of cities.
Is Terrytown safe?
Terrytown is safer than 25% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $525 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Terrytown?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 45. That works out to about 108 pleasant days a year, more than 65% of cities.
Is Terrytown good for families?
Schools beat 85% of cities, crime safety beats 25%, and childcare runs $702 a month.
Compare Terrytown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Terrytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Terrytown 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.
Terrytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Terrytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Terrytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Terrytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Terrytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Terrytown 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.