Best PlacesEast Feliciana Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in East Feliciana 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.
East Feliciana Parish ranks 2,805th of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 East Feliciana 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.
East Feliciana Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Feliciana Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
- QuietBetter than 93% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 90% of counties
- Cheap childcare$584 a month, better than 74% of counties
Where East Feliciana Parish ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 3% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of counties
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in East Feliciana Parish
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Feliciana Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,845, 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 East Feliciana Parish's effective rate of 0.20%, 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 East Feliciana Parish
East Feliciana Parish runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Feliciana Parish.
Who works in East Feliciana Parish, and how
Work in East Feliciana Parish centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Feliciana Parish
East Feliciana Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of East Feliciana Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is East Feliciana Parish growing, and who is moving in?
East Feliciana Parish has lost about 3% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Baton Rouge, LA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving East Feliciana Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in East Feliciana Parish, month by month
East Feliciana Parish sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of East Feliciana Parish
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Feliciana Parish
Schools across East Feliciana Parish average a D, better than 4% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Amite County ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Slaughter Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Rougon Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwestern Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- West Feliciana Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- Copper Mill Elementary/middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Zachary High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- West Feliciana High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Slaughter Community Charter SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Feliciana Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Feliciana 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 East Feliciana Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in East Feliciana Parish
Is East Feliciana Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Feliciana Parish ranks 2,805th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and a stable housing market, 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 East Feliciana Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,708. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $71,845 median income, cost of living beats 52% of counties.
Is East Feliciana Parish safe?
East Feliciana Parish is safer than 19% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $590 per resident a year.
Compare East Feliciana Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Feliciana Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Feliciana 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.
East Feliciana Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Feliciana Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Feliciana Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Feliciana Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Feliciana Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Feliciana 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.
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