Best PlacesPointe Coupee Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Pointe Coupee 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.
Pointe Coupee Parish ranks 2,830th 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 Pointe Coupee 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.
Pointe Coupee Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pointe Coupee Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of counties
- Cheap childcare$584 a month, better than 74% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than 69% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 67% of counties
Where Pointe Coupee Parish ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Pointe Coupee Parish
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pointe Coupee Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,732, 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 Pointe Coupee Parish's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pointe Coupee Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pointe Coupee Parish.
Who works in Pointe Coupee Parish, and how
Work in Pointe Coupee Parish centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pointe Coupee Parish
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pointe Coupee Parish.
Is Pointe Coupee Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Pointe Coupee Parish has lost about 11% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Baton Rouge, LA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Pointe Coupee Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Pointe Coupee Parish, month by month
Pointe Coupee Parish sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Pointe Coupee Parish
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 22 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 Pointe Coupee Parish
Schools across Pointe Coupee Parish average a D+, better than 12% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Valverda Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Rougon Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Upper Pointe Coupee Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Livonia High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pointe Coupee Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Pointe Coupee Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 4% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Pointe Coupee Parish
Is Pointe Coupee Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pointe Coupee Parish ranks 2,830th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, 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 Pointe Coupee Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,239. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $67,732 median income, cost of living beats 48% of counties.
Is Pointe Coupee Parish safe?
Pointe Coupee Parish is safer than 13% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $702 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pointe Coupee Parish?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 42. That works out to about 94 pleasant days a year, more than 56% of counties.
Is Pointe Coupee Parish good for families?
Schools beat 12% of counties, crime safety beats 13%, and childcare runs $584 a month.
Compare Pointe Coupee Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pointe Coupee Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pointe Coupee 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.
Pointe Coupee Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pointe Coupee Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pointe Coupee Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pointe Coupee Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pointe Coupee Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pointe Coupee 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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