Best PlacesMorehouse Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Morehouse Parish, 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.
Morehouse Parish ranks 3,106th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Morehouse 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.
Morehouse Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morehouse Parish ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of counties
- Cheap childcare$625 a month, better than 70% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 63% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 59% of counties
Where Morehouse Parish ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Morehouse Parish
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morehouse Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,857, 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 Morehouse Parish's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Morehouse Parish
Morehouse Parish runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morehouse Parish.
Who works in Morehouse Parish, and how
Work in Morehouse Parish centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Morehouse Parish
Morehouse Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Morehouse Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Morehouse Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Morehouse Parish has lost about 11% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Monroe, LA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Morehouse Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Morehouse Parish, month by month
Morehouse Parish sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Morehouse Parish
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 191 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morehouse Parish
Schools across Morehouse Parish average an F, better than 1% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Holly Ridge Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crossett Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Grove High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Crossett High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Bastrop High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morehouse Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morehouse 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 Morehouse Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Morehouse Parish suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Morehouse Parish
Is Morehouse Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morehouse Parish ranks 3,106th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the schools 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 Morehouse Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,704. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $46,857 median income, cost of living beats 9% of counties.
Is Morehouse Parish safe?
Morehouse Parish is safer than 5% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $831 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Morehouse Parish?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 57 with lows near 38. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of counties.
Is Morehouse Parish good for families?
Schools beat 0% of counties, crime safety beats 5%, and childcare runs $625 a month.
Compare Morehouse Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morehouse Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morehouse 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.
Morehouse Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morehouse Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morehouse Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morehouse Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morehouse Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morehouse 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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