Best PlacesGrant Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Grant 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.
Grant Parish ranks 2,699th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grant 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.
Grant Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grant Parish ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 98% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of counties
- Cheap childcare$636 a month, better than 69% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 66% of counties
Where Grant Parish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 6% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 6% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Grant Parish
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grant Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,083, 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 Grant Parish's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 Grant Parish
Grant 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 Grant Parish.
Who works in Grant Parish, and how
Work in Grant Parish centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Grant Parish
Grant Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Grant Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Grant Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Grant Parish has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from New Orleans, LA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Grant Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Grant Parish, month by month
Grant Parish sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Grant Parish
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grant Parish
Schools across Grant Parish average a C, better than 28% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Pollock Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- South Grant Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Verda Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grant Junior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Grant High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Montgomery High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grant Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grant 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 Grant Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Grant Parish suits
Common questions about living in Grant Parish
Is Grant Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grant Parish ranks 2,699th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, 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 Grant Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $151,674. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $73,083 median income, cost of living beats 53% of counties.
Is Grant Parish safe?
Grant Parish is safer than 17% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $596 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Grant Parish?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 40. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of counties.
Is Grant Parish good for families?
Schools beat 28% of counties, crime safety beats 17%, and childcare runs $636 a month.
Compare Grant Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grant Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grant 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.
Grant Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grant Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grant Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grant Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grant Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grant 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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