Best PlacesCollinston, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Collinston, 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.
Collinston ranks 46,738th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Collinston
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.
Collinston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Collinston ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute22.4 minutes each way, better than 78% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$645 a month, better than 74% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 59% of towns
Where Collinston ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Collinston
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Collinston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,136, 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 Collinston's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Collinston
Collinston 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 Collinston.
Who works in Collinston, and how
Work in Collinston centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Collinston
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Collinston.
What the weather is like in Collinston, month by month
Collinston sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Collinston
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 197 miles away.
The best schools in and around Collinston
Schools across Collinston average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Holly Ridge Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Delta Elementary SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sterlington Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Ouachita Junior High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Sterlington High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Bastrop High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Collinston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Collinston 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 Collinston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Collinston
Is Collinston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Collinston ranks 46,738th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and low property taxes, and lowest on the schools and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Collinston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,943. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $62,136 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Collinston safe?
Collinston is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $665 per resident a year.
Compare Collinston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Collinston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Collinston 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.
Collinston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Collinston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Collinston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Collinston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Collinston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Collinston 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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