Best PlacesPark Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge, 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.
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge ranks 5,366th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge
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.
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge ranks high
- Cheap childcare$676 a month, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 66% of neighborhoods
Where Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,843, 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 Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge.
Who works in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge, and how
Work in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge has more parkland per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge, month by month
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge
Schools across Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge average a C−, better than 22% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Denham Springs Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Belfair Montessori SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Twin Oaks Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sherwood Middle Academic AcademyA · 63% proficient
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Southeast Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Central High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Denham Springs High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge 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 Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge
Is Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge ranks 5,366th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and low property taxes, 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 Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,705. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $58,843 median income, cost of living beats 38% of neighborhoods.
Is Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge safe?
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge is safer than 38% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $729 per resident a year.
Compare Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge 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.
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge 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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