Best PlacesValverda, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valverda, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Valverda ranks 36,550th 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 Valverda
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.
Valverda's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valverda ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$584 a month, better than 80% of towns
Where Valverda ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valverda
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valverda home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,285, 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 Valverda's effective rate of 0.26%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Valverda
Valverda 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 Valverda.
Who works in Valverda, and how
Work in Valverda centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Valverda
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valverda.
What the weather is like in Valverda, month by month
Valverda sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Valverda
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Valverda
Schools across Valverda average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valverda Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Livonia High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valverda school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valverda 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 Valverda against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valverda
Is Valverda a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valverda ranks 36,550th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, cell coverage, and a stable housing market, 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 Valverda expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,521. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $82,285 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Valverda safe?
Valverda is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $384 per resident a year.
Compare Valverda with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valverda. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valverda 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.
Valverda detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valverda: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valverda: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valverda: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valverda: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valverda 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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