Best PlacesIberville Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Iberville 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.
Iberville Parish ranks 2,881st 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 Iberville 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 Iberville Parish
The parts of Iberville 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.
St. Gabriel
Fewer homes sit empty, incomes run higher, and local pay stretches further.
Plaquemine
More households have young kids, though heat risk is higher.
White Castle
Homes cost less, though crime runs higher.
Scores across Iberville Parish run from about the 1st to the 49th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Iberville Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Iberville Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 107 pleasant days a year, better than 65% of counties
Where Iberville Parish ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Iberville Parish
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Iberville Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,304, 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 Iberville 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 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 Iberville Parish
Iberville Parish's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Iberville Parish.
Who works in Iberville Parish, and how
Work in Iberville Parish centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Iberville Parish
Iberville Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Iberville Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Iberville Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Iberville Parish has lost about 10% 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 Iberville Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Iberville Parish, month by month
Iberville Parish sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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 | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Iberville Parish
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 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Iberville Parish
Schools across Iberville Parish average a D+, better than 14% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Crescent Elementary/junior High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Iberville Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Dorseyville Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Plaquemine Senior High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- White Castle High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Iberville Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Iberville 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 Iberville Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Iberville Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Iberville Parish
Is Iberville Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Iberville Parish ranks 2,881st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, 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 Iberville Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,306. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $64,304 median income, cost of living beats 47% of counties.
Is Iberville Parish safe?
Iberville Parish is safer than 11% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $698 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Iberville Parish?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 44. That works out to about 107 pleasant days a year, more than 65% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Iberville Parish?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are St. Gabriel, Plaquemine, and White Castle. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Iberville Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Iberville Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Iberville 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.
Iberville Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Iberville Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Iberville Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Iberville Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Iberville Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Iberville 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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