Best PlacesKedron, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kedron, 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.
Kedron ranks 48,417th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Kedron
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.
Kedron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kedron ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 68% of towns
Where Kedron ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kedron
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kedron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,034, 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 Kedron's 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kedron
Kedron runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kedron.
Who works in Kedron, and how
Work in Kedron centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Kedron
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kedron.
What the weather is like in Kedron, month by month
Kedron sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 63, 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 | 63° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Kedron
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kedron
Schools across Kedron average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Amite Elementary Magnet SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- St. Helena Arts And Technology AcademyF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amite Westside Middle MagnetF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Amite High MagnetF · 8% proficient
- St. Helena College And Career AcademyF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kedron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kedron 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 Kedron against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kedron
Is Kedron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kedron ranks 48,417th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on car insurance costs and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kedron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $83,300. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $52,034 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Kedron safe?
Kedron is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $814 per resident a year.
Compare Kedron with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kedron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kedron 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.
Kedron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kedron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kedron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kedron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kedron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kedron 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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