Best PlacesCut Off, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cut Off, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cut Off ranks 36,600th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cut Off
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.
Cut Off's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cut Off ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 123 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Cut Off ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% 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 Cut Off
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cut Off home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,753, 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 Cut Off'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 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 Cut Off
Cut Off runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cut Off.
Who works in Cut Off, and how
Work in Cut Off centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cut Off
Cut Off has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns. The coast is about 43 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Cut Off and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cut Off, month by month
Cut Off sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 55° | 48° |
| April | 78° | 70° | 62° |
| July | 91° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 72° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Cut Off
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 34 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cut Off
Schools across Cut Off average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cut Off Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- South Larose Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Galliano Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Larose-cut Off Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Golden Meadow Middle SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- South Lafourche High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cut Off school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cut Off 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 Cut Off against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cut Off
Is Cut Off a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cut Off ranks 36,600th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cut Off expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,143. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $75,753 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Cut Off safe?
Cut Off is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $537 per resident a year.
Compare Cut Off with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cut Off. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cut Off 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.
Cut Off detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cut Off: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cut Off: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cut Off: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cut Off: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cut Off 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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