Best PlacesLafourche Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Lafourche 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.
Lafourche Parish ranks 2,487th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish
The parts of Lafourche 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.
Thibodaux
More adults hold degrees, more households have young kids, and fewer homes sit empty.
Cut Off, Larose & Galliano
It is quieter, though advertised internet is slower.
Raceland, Lockport & Houma
Scores close to Cut Off, Larose & Galliano, except that homes cost more here.
Scores across Lafourche Parish run from about the 1st to the 69th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Lafourche Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lafourche Parish ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 72% of counties
Where Lafourche Parish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Lafourche Parish
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lafourche Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,684, 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 Lafourche Parish's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lafourche Parish
Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish.
Who works in Lafourche Parish, and how
Work in Lafourche Parish centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lafourche Parish
Lafourche Parish has less parkland per resident than most counties. The coast is about 65 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Lafourche Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Lafourche Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Lafourche Parish has lost about 3% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Houma, LA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Lafourche Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Lafourche Parish, month by month
Lafourche Parish sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Lafourche Parish
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 31 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lafourche Parish
Schools across Lafourche Parish average a C+, better than 60% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Bayou Community Academy Charter SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Bourg Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Chackbay Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sixth Ward Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Montegut Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Lockport Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- South Lafourche High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Central Lafourche High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- South Terrebonne High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lafourche Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Lafourche Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lafourche Parish
Is Lafourche Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lafourche Parish ranks 2,487th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lafourche Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,144. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $70,684 median income, cost of living beats 61% of counties.
Is Lafourche Parish safe?
Lafourche Parish is safer than 26% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $536 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lafourche Parish?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 45. That works out to about 116 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Lafourche Parish?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Thibodaux, Cut Off, Larose & Galliano, and Raceland, Lockport & Houma. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Lafourche Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lafourche Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lafourche 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.
Lafourche Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lafourche Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lafourche Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lafourche Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lafourche Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lafourche 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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