Best PlacesPort Hudson, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Hudson, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Port Hudson ranks 24,193rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Port Hudson
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.
Port Hudson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Hudson ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
- Household income$94,913 median, better than 81% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap childcare$651 a month, better than 73% of towns
Where Port Hudson ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port Hudson
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Hudson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,913, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Port Hudson'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Port Hudson
Port Hudson'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 Port Hudson.
Who works in Port Hudson, and how
Work in Port Hudson centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Port Hudson
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Port Hudson.
What the weather is like in Port Hudson, month by month
Port Hudson sees roughly 99 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 Port Hudson
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Port Hudson
Schools across Port Hudson average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Slaughter Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Rougon Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Feliciana Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- Copper Mill Elementary/middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Zachary High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- West Feliciana High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Hudson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Hudson 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 Port Hudson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port Hudson
Is Port Hudson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Hudson ranks 24,193rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and high incomes, 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 Port Hudson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $503,891. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $94,913 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Port Hudson safe?
Port Hudson is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $528 per resident a year.
Compare Port Hudson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Hudson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Hudson 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.
Port Hudson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Hudson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Hudson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Hudson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Hudson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Hudson 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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