Best PlacesChoudrant, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Choudrant, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Choudrant ranks 32,289th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Choudrant
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.
Choudrant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Choudrant ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of towns
- Short commute23.2 minutes each way, better than 73% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 72% of towns
Where Choudrant ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Choudrant
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Choudrant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,746, 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 Choudrant's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Choudrant
Choudrant'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 Choudrant.
Who works in Choudrant, and how
Work in Choudrant centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Choudrant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Choudrant.
What the weather is like in Choudrant, month by month
Choudrant sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Choudrant
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 220 miles away.
The best schools in and around Choudrant
Schools across Choudrant average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Choudrant Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Central Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Ruston Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Calhoun Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Ruston Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Choudrant High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Ruston High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- West Ouachita High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Choudrant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Choudrant 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 Choudrant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Choudrant
Is Choudrant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Choudrant ranks 32,289th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, an educated workforce, and short commutes, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Choudrant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,721. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $67,746 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Choudrant safe?
Choudrant is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $451 per resident a year.
Compare Choudrant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Choudrant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Choudrant 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.
Choudrant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Choudrant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Choudrant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Choudrant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Choudrant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Choudrant 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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