Best PlacesWebster Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Webster Parish, 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.
Webster Parish ranks 3,067th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Webster Parish
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.
Webster Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Webster Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of counties
- Cheap childcare$636 a month, better than 69% of counties
Where Webster Parish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of counties
- Household income$45,905 median, better than only 4% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 4% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Webster Parish
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Webster Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,905, 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 Webster Parish's effective rate of 0.29%, 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 Webster Parish
Webster Parish's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Webster Parish.
Who works in Webster Parish, and how
Work in Webster Parish centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Webster Parish
Webster Parish has less parkland per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Webster Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Webster Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Webster Parish has lost about 13% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Shreveport, LA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Webster Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Webster Parish, month by month
Webster Parish sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Webster Parish
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 204 miles away.
The best schools in and around Webster Parish
Schools across Webster Parish average a D, better than 6% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- North Webster Upper Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- E. S. Richardson Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
- Brown Upper Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Webster Junior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Webster Junior High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Homer Junior High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Taylor High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Lakeside Junior-senior High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Minden High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Webster Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Webster Parish 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 Webster Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Webster Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Webster Parish
Is Webster Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Webster Parish ranks 3,067th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and low disaster risk, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Webster Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $124,332. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $45,905 median income, cost of living beats 4% of counties.
Is Webster Parish safe?
Webster Parish is safer than 7% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $795 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Webster Parish?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 38. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 29% of counties.
Is Webster Parish good for families?
Schools beat 6% of counties, crime safety beats 7%, and childcare runs $636 a month.
Compare Webster Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Webster Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Webster Parish 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.
Webster Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Webster Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Webster Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Webster Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Webster Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Webster Parish 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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