Best PlacesTimberlane, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Timberlane, 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.
Timberlane ranks 30,158th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Timberlane
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.
Timberlane's strengths and weaknesses
Where Timberlane ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 87% of towns
Where Timberlane ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Timberlane
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Timberlane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,634, 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 Timberlane's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Timberlane
Timberlane 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 Timberlane.
Who works in Timberlane, and how
Work in Timberlane 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 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Timberlane
Timberlane has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Timberlane and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Timberlane, month by month
Timberlane 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 Timberlane
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 16 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 Timberlane
Schools across Timberlane average a B, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gretna No. 2 Academy For Advanced StudiesA+ · 87% proficient
- Paul J. Solis Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- George Cox Elementary SchoolD · 17% 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
- Jefferson Rise Charter SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Timberlane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Timberlane 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 Timberlane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Timberlane
Is Timberlane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Timberlane ranks 30,158th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, 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 Timberlane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,779. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $64,634 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Timberlane safe?
Timberlane is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare Timberlane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Timberlane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Timberlane 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.
Timberlane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Timberlane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Timberlane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Timberlane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Timberlane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Timberlane 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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