Best PlacesEvangeline Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Evangeline Parish, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Evangeline Parish ranks 3,045th 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 Evangeline 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.
The best areas in Evangeline Parish
The parts of Evangeline Parish, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Basile
Prices have run up less, heat risk is lower, and more households have young kids.
Mamou
It is quieter, though tree cover is thinner.
Ville Platte
Commutes are shorter, though crime runs higher.
Scores across Evangeline Parish run from about the 1st to the 48th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Evangeline Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Evangeline Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of counties
- QuietBetter than 72% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 72% of counties
Where Evangeline Parish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of counties
- Short commute34.6 minutes each way, better than only 4% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Evangeline Parish
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Evangeline Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,360, 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 Evangeline Parish'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 Evangeline Parish
Evangeline Parish's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Evangeline Parish.
Who works in Evangeline Parish, and how
Work in Evangeline Parish 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 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Evangeline Parish
Evangeline Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Evangeline Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Evangeline Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Evangeline Parish has lost about 6% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from St. Landry Parish, LA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Evangeline Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Evangeline Parish, month by month
Evangeline Parish sees roughly 79 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 Evangeline Parish
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 40 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 Evangeline Parish
Schools across Evangeline Parish average a C−, better than 21% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- W. W. Stewart Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Vidrine Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Bayou Chicot Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Eunice High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Oakdale High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Basile High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Evangeline Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Evangeline Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 5% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Evangeline Parish
Is Evangeline Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Evangeline Parish ranks 3,045th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Evangeline Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,571. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $48,360 median income, cost of living beats 12% of counties.
Is Evangeline Parish safe?
Evangeline Parish is safer than 6% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $871 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Evangeline Parish?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 42. That works out to about 79 pleasant days a year, more than 38% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Evangeline Parish?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Basile, Mamou, and Ville Platte. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Evangeline Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Evangeline Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Evangeline 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.
Evangeline Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Evangeline Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Evangeline Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Evangeline Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Evangeline Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Evangeline 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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