Best PlacesAssumption Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Assumption Parish, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Assumption Parish ranks 3,014th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Assumption 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.
The best areas in Assumption Parish
The parts of Assumption Parish, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Pierre Part
Tree cover is thicker, health care is easier to reach, and schools score higher.
Belle Rose
Heat risk is lower and fewer homes sit empty.
Labadieville
More households have young kids, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Scores across Assumption Parish run from about the 1st to the 18th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Assumption Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Assumption Parish ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of counties
- QuietBetter than 84% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 110 pleasant days a year, better than 68% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 65% of counties
Where Assumption Parish ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Assumption Parish
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Assumption Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,477, 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 Assumption Parish's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Assumption Parish
Assumption Parish 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 Assumption Parish.
Who works in Assumption Parish, and how
Work in Assumption Parish centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Assumption Parish
Assumption Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Assumption Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Assumption Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Assumption Parish has lost about 13% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Baton Rouge, LA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Assumption Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Assumption Parish, month by month
Assumption Parish sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Assumption Parish
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Assumption Parish
Schools across Assumption Parish average a C−, better than 27% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Stephensville Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Pierre Part Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Gibson Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Napoleonville Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Morgan City Junior High SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Labadieville Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Assumption High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Thibodaux High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Morgan City High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Assumption Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Assumption 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 Assumption Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Assumption Parish suits
Common questions about living in Assumption Parish
Is Assumption Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Assumption Parish ranks 3,014th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on disaster risk and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Assumption Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,882. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $53,477 median income, cost of living beats 19% of counties.
Is Assumption Parish safe?
Assumption Parish is safer than 18% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $606 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Assumption Parish?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 44. That works out to about 110 pleasant days a year, more than 68% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Assumption Parish?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Pierre Part, Belle Rose, and Labadieville. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Assumption Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Assumption Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Assumption 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.
Assumption Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Assumption Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Assumption Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Assumption Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Assumption Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Assumption 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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