Best PlacesLoreauville, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loreauville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Loreauville ranks 28,501st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Loreauville
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.
Loreauville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loreauville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
Where Loreauville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Loreauville
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loreauville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,549, 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 Loreauville's effective rate of 0.27%, 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 Loreauville
Loreauville'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 Loreauville.
Who works in Loreauville, and how
Work in Loreauville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Loreauville
The coast is about 54 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Loreauville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Loreauville, month by month
Loreauville sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 44° |
| April | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Loreauville
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Loreauville
Schools across Loreauville average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Loreauville Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Belle Place Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- St. Charles Street Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Belle Place Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- B. Edward Boudreaux Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- St. Martinville Junior High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Loreauville High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- West St. Mary High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- St. Martinville Senior High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loreauville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loreauville 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 Loreauville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Loreauville
Is Loreauville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loreauville ranks 28,501st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and walkability, 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 Loreauville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,406. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $86,549 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Loreauville safe?
Loreauville is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $631 per resident a year.
Compare Loreauville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loreauville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loreauville 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.
Loreauville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loreauville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loreauville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loreauville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loreauville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loreauville 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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