Best PlacesToro, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Toro, 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.
Toro ranks 46,641st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Toro
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.
Toro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Toro ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
Where Toro ranks low
- Short commute57.2 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Toro
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Toro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,649, 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 Toro's effective rate of 0.24%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Toro
Toro runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Toro.
Who works in Toro, and how
Work in Toro centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Toro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Toro.
What the weather is like in Toro, month by month
Toro sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Toro
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around Toro
Schools across Toro average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anacoco Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Hemphill ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vernon Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Anacoco High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Leesville High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Pickering High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Toro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Toro 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 Toro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Toro
Is Toro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Toro ranks 46,641st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Toro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,456. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $62,649 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Toro safe?
Toro is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $563 per resident a year.
Compare Toro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Toro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Toro 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.
Toro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Toro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Toro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Toro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Toro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Toro 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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