Best Places70810, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 70810, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
70810 ranks 12,617th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 70810
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.
70810's strengths and weaknesses
Where 70810 ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 86% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of zip codes
Where 70810 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 70810
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 70810 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $100,604; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 70810's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 70810
70810'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 70810.
Who works in 70810, and how
Work in 70810 centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in 70810
70810 has more parkland per resident than 85% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 70810 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 70810, month by month
70810 sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of 70810
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around 70810
Schools across 70810 average a C, better than 30% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Mayfair Laboratory SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Woodlawn ElementaryB · 44% proficient
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glasgow Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Woodlawn Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Westdale Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 70810 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
70810 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 70810 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 70810 suits
Families
Schools land around the 30th percentile and crime safety beats 56%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 88% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 68% of zip codes and health care access beats 74%.
Common questions about living in 70810
Is 70810 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 70810 ranks 12,617th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, 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 70810 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $419,177. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $100,604 median income, cost of living beats 88% of zip codes.
Is 70810 safe?
Yes, 70810 is safer than 56% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $383 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 70810?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 43. That works out to about 108 pleasant days a year, more than 68% of zip codes.
Is 70810 good for families?
Schools beat 30% of zip codes, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $676 a month.
Compare 70810 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 70810. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 70810 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.
70810 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 70810: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 70810: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 70810: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 70810: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
70810 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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