Best PlacesChurch Point, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Church Point, 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.
Church Point ranks 43,397th 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 Church Point
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.
Church Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Church Point ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
Where Church Point ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Church Point
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Church Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,082, 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 Church Point's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Church Point
Church Point'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 Church Point.
Who works in Church Point, and how
Work in Church Point centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Church Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Church Point.
What the weather is like in Church Point, month by month
Church Point sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Church Point
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Church Point
Schools across Church Point average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Branch Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Richard Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Mire Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eunice Junior High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Church Point Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Scott Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Magnet Academy For Cultural ArtsB+ · 55% proficient
- Rayne High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Carencro High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Church Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Church Point 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 Church Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Church Point
Is Church Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Church Point ranks 43,397th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, 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 Church Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,290. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $57,082 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Church Point safe?
Church Point is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $709 per resident a year.
Compare Church Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Church Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Church Point 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.
Church Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Church Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Church Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Church Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Church Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Church Point 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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