Best PlacesIberia Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Iberia Parish, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Iberia Parish ranks 2,933rd 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 Iberia 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 Iberia Parish
The parts of Iberia 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.
Loreauville
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and it is quieter.
New Iberia
Streets are more walkable, though heat risk is higher.
Jeanerette
Schools score lower and commutes are longer.
Scores across Iberia Parish run from about the 1st to the 66th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Iberia Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Iberia Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 72% of counties
Where Iberia Parish ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Iberia Parish
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Iberia Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,301, 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 Iberia Parish's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 Iberia Parish
Iberia 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 Iberia Parish.
Who works in Iberia Parish, and how
Work in Iberia Parish centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Iberia Parish
Iberia Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. The coast is about 45 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Iberia Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Iberia Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Iberia Parish has lost about 8% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Lafayette, LA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Iberia Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Iberia Parish, month by month
Iberia Parish sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Iberia Parish
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Iberia Parish
Schools across Iberia Parish average a C, better than 29% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Forked Island/e. Broussard Elem SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Seventh Ward Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Delcambre Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Erath Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Youngsville Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Belle Place Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Southside High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Delcambre High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Loreauville High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Iberia Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Iberia 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 Iberia Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Iberia Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Iberia Parish
Is Iberia Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Iberia Parish ranks 2,933rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, cell coverage, 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 Iberia Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,002. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $62,301 median income, cost of living beats 46% of counties.
Is Iberia Parish safe?
Iberia Parish is safer than 6% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $814 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Iberia Parish?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 44. That works out to about 105 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Iberia Parish?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Loreauville, New Iberia, and Jeanerette. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Iberia Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Iberia Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Iberia 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.
Iberia Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Iberia Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Iberia Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Iberia Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Iberia Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Iberia 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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