Best PlacesInnis, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Innis, 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.
Innis ranks 50,322nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Innis
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.
Innis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Innis ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$584 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 77% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 57% of towns
Where Innis ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Innis
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Innis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,571, 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 Innis' effective rate of 0.18%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Innis
Innis runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Innis.
Who works in Innis, and how
Work in Innis centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Innis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Innis.
What the weather is like in Innis, month by month
Innis sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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 | 90° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Innis
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around Innis
Schools across Innis average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Upper Pointe Coupee Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Riverside Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Feliciana Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- West Feliciana High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Livonia High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Avoyelles High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Innis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Innis 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 Innis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Innis
Is Innis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Innis ranks 50,322nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on a weak job market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Innis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $66,618. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $39,571 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Innis safe?
Innis is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,321 per resident a year.
Compare Innis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Innis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Innis 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.
Innis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Innis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Innis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Innis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Innis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Innis 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.