Best PlacesPlaquemines Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Plaquemines 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.
Plaquemines Parish ranks 2,111th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Plaquemines 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.
Plaquemines Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plaquemines Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of counties
- Household income$88,854 median, better than 86% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of counties
Where Plaquemines Parish ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Plaquemines Parish
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plaquemines Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,854, 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 Plaquemines Parish's effective rate of 0.39%, 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 Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish'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 Plaquemines Parish.
Who works in Plaquemines Parish, and how
Work in Plaquemines Parish centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Plaquemines Parish
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Plaquemines Parish.
Is Plaquemines Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Plaquemines Parish has lost about 4% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Elizabethtown, KY.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Plaquemines Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Plaquemines Parish, month by month
Plaquemines Parish sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 78° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 73° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Plaquemines Parish
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 28 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 Plaquemines Parish
Schools across Plaquemines Parish average a B−, better than 59% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Belle Chasse AcademyA · 63% proficient
- Belle Chasse Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Belle Chasse Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Belle Chasse High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- South Plaquemines High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plaquemines Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Plaquemines Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Plaquemines Parish
Is Plaquemines Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plaquemines Parish ranks 2,111th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, high incomes, and cell coverage, 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 Plaquemines Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $316,026. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $88,854 median income, cost of living beats 66% of counties.
Is Plaquemines Parish safe?
Plaquemines Parish is safer than 33% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $537 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Plaquemines Parish?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 45. That works out to about 108 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of counties.
Is Plaquemines Parish good for families?
Schools beat 59% of counties, crime safety beats 33%, and childcare runs $702 a month.
Compare Plaquemines Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plaquemines Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plaquemines 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.
Plaquemines Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plaquemines Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plaquemines Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plaquemines Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plaquemines Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plaquemines 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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