Best PlacesLutcher, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lutcher, 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.
Lutcher ranks 39,540th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lutcher
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.
Lutcher's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lutcher ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
Where Lutcher ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lutcher
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lutcher home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,072, 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 Lutcher's effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lutcher
Lutcher runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lutcher.
Who works in Lutcher, and how
Work in Lutcher centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Lutcher
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lutcher.
What the weather is like in Lutcher, month by month
Lutcher sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Lutcher
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 27 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 Lutcher
Schools across Lutcher average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Paulina Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gramercy Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Lutcher High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lutcher school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lutcher 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 Lutcher against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lutcher
Is Lutcher a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lutcher ranks 39,540th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lutcher expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,792. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $78,072 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Lutcher safe?
Lutcher is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $667 per resident a year.
Compare Lutcher with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lutcher. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lutcher 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.
Lutcher detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lutcher: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lutcher: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lutcher: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lutcher: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lutcher 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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