Best PlacesTickfaw, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tickfaw, 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.
Tickfaw ranks 48,239th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tickfaw
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.
Tickfaw's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tickfaw ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 72% of towns
- BikingBetter than 69% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 64% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 63% of towns
Where Tickfaw ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tickfaw
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tickfaw home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,353, 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 Tickfaw'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 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 Tickfaw
Tickfaw 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 Tickfaw.
Who works in Tickfaw, and how
Work in Tickfaw centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tickfaw
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tickfaw.
What the weather is like in Tickfaw, month by month
Tickfaw sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 63, 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 | 63° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Tickfaw
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tickfaw
Schools across Tickfaw average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lucille Nesom MemorialD− · 13% proficient
- Midway Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
- Woodland Park MagnetF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albany Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Loranger Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Greenville Park Leadership AcademyF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Albany High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Loranger High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tickfaw school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tickfaw 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 Tickfaw against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tickfaw
Is Tickfaw a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tickfaw ranks 48,239th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and biking, 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 Tickfaw expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,938. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $60,353 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Tickfaw safe?
Tickfaw is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $589 per resident a year.
Compare Tickfaw with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tickfaw. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tickfaw 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.
Tickfaw detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tickfaw: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tickfaw: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tickfaw: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tickfaw: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tickfaw 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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