Best PlacesLaplace, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laplace, 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.
Laplace ranks 2,070th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Laplace
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.
Laplace's strengths and weaknesses
Where Laplace ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of cities
- Cheap childcare$699 a month, better than 90% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 108 pleasant days a year, better than 65% of cities
Where Laplace ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Laplace
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laplace home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,107, 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 Laplace's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Laplace
Laplace'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 Laplace.
Who works in Laplace, and how
Work in Laplace centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Laplace
Laplace has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Laplace and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Laplace, month by month
Laplace sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 94° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 84° | 74° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Laplace
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 15 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 Laplace
Schools across Laplace average a D, better than 4% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Norco Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
- Luling Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harry M. Hurst Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- R.k. Smith Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Martha Vinyard Elementary SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Destrehan High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Hahnville High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Ponchatoula High SchoolC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laplace school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laplace 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 Laplace against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Laplace suits
Common questions about living in Laplace
Is Laplace a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laplace ranks 2,070th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low property taxes, cell coverage, and affordable childcare, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Laplace expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,267. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $68,107 median income, cost of living beats 19% of cities.
Is Laplace safe?
Laplace is safer than 11% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $623 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Laplace?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 45. That works out to about 108 pleasant days a year, more than 65% of cities.
Is Laplace good for families?
Schools beat 4% of cities, crime safety beats 11%, and childcare runs $699 a month.
Compare Laplace with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laplace. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laplace 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.
Laplace detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laplace: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laplace: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laplace: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laplace: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laplace 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.