Best PlacesGrosse Tete, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grosse Tete, 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.
Grosse Tete ranks 45,595th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Grosse Tete
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.
Grosse Tete's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grosse Tete ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 79% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 107 pleasant days a year, better than 73% of towns
Where Grosse Tete ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grosse Tete
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grosse Tete home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,493, 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 Grosse Tete's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 Grosse Tete
Grosse Tete'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 Grosse Tete.
Who works in Grosse Tete, and how
Work in Grosse Tete centers on other services and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Grosse Tete
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grosse Tete.
What the weather is like in Grosse Tete, month by month
Grosse Tete sees roughly 107 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 Grosse Tete
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grosse Tete
Schools across Grosse Tete average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Iberville ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brusly Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Brusly High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Plaquemine Senior High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Port Allen High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grosse Tete school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grosse Tete 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 Grosse Tete against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grosse Tete
Is Grosse Tete a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grosse Tete ranks 45,595th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and walkability, 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 Grosse Tete expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $112,928. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $55,493 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Grosse Tete safe?
Grosse Tete is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $521 per resident a year.
Compare Grosse Tete with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grosse Tete. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grosse Tete 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.
Grosse Tete detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grosse Tete: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grosse Tete: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grosse Tete: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grosse Tete: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grosse Tete 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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