Best PlacesChesbrough, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chesbrough, 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.
Chesbrough ranks 43,273rd 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 Chesbrough
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.
Chesbrough's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chesbrough ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 72% of towns
- QuietBetter than 69% of towns
Where Chesbrough ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.5 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chesbrough
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chesbrough home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,875, 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 Chesbrough's effective rate of 0.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Chesbrough
Chesbrough's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chesbrough.
Who works in Chesbrough, and how
Work in Chesbrough centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Chesbrough
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chesbrough.
What the weather is like in Chesbrough, month by month
Chesbrough sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Chesbrough
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chesbrough
Schools across Chesbrough average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chesbrough Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jewel M. Sumner Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Jewel M. Sumner High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chesbrough school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chesbrough 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 Chesbrough against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chesbrough
Is Chesbrough a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chesbrough ranks 43,273rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and tree cover, 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 Chesbrough expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,698. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $66,875 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Chesbrough safe?
Chesbrough is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $551 per resident a year.
Compare Chesbrough with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chesbrough. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chesbrough 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.
Chesbrough detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chesbrough: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chesbrough: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chesbrough: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chesbrough: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chesbrough 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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