Best PlacesConcordia Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Concordia Parish, 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.
Concordia Parish ranks 3,076th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Concordia 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.
Concordia Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Concordia Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of counties
- Short commute21.1 minutes each way, better than 72% of counties
- Cheap childcare$639 a month, better than 68% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 67% of counties
Where Concordia Parish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 4% of counties
- Household income$45,778 median, better than only 4% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Concordia Parish
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Concordia Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,778, 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 Concordia Parish's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Concordia Parish
Concordia Parish runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Concordia Parish.
Who works in Concordia Parish, and how
Work in Concordia Parish centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Concordia Parish
Concordia Parish has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Concordia Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Concordia Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Concordia Parish has lost about 13% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Adams County, MS.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Concordia Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Concordia Parish, month by month
Concordia Parish sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Concordia Parish
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Concordia Parish
Schools across Concordia Parish average a D, better than 4% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Lafargue Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Nebo Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vidalia Junior High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Ferriday Junior High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Natchez Early College@co-linB · 47% proficient
- Buckeye High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Avoyelles High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Concordia Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Concordia 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 Concordia Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Concordia Parish
Is Concordia Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Concordia Parish ranks 3,076th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and short commutes, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Concordia Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $113,217. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $45,778 median income, cost of living beats 4% of counties.
Is Concordia Parish safe?
Concordia Parish is safer than 5% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $820 per resident a year.
Compare Concordia Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Concordia Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Concordia 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.
Concordia Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Concordia Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Concordia Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Concordia Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Concordia Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Concordia 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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