Best PlacesVowells Mill, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vowells Mill, 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.
Vowells Mill ranks 36,163rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vowells Mill
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.
Vowells Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vowells Mill ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$106,672 median, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Vowells Mill ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vowells Mill
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vowells Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,672, 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 Vowells Mill's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Vowells Mill
Vowells Mill 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 Vowells Mill.
Who works in Vowells Mill, and how
Work in Vowells Mill centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Vowells Mill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vowells Mill.
What the weather is like in Vowells Mill, month by month
Vowells Mill sees roughly 77 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 Vowells Mill
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vowells Mill
Schools across Vowells Mill average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Provencal Elementary & Junior High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Many Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Many Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Many High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vowells Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vowells Mill 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 Vowells Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vowells Mill
Is Vowells Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vowells Mill ranks 36,163rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, what local pay buys, and quiet, and lowest on education levels and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vowells Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,643. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $106,672 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Vowells Mill safe?
Vowells Mill is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $767 per resident a year.
Compare Vowells Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vowells Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vowells Mill 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.
Vowells Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vowells Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vowells Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vowells Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vowells Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vowells Mill 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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