Best PlacesPort Sulphur, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Sulphur, 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.
Port Sulphur ranks 47,201st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Port Sulphur
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 Sulphur's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Sulphur ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 75% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 108 pleasant days a year, better than 74% of towns
Where Port Sulphur ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port Sulphur
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Sulphur home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,060, 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 Port Sulphur's effective rate of 0.28%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Port Sulphur
Port Sulphur runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Port Sulphur.
Who works in Port Sulphur, and how
Work in Port Sulphur centers on public administration and education. 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 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Port Sulphur
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Port Sulphur.
What the weather is like in Port Sulphur, month by month
Port Sulphur 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 Port Sulphur
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 43 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 Port Sulphur
Schools across Port Sulphur average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Belle Chasse Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- J.f. Gauthier SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Boothville-venice Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Belle Chasse Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- St. Bernard Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Belle Chasse High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Chalmette High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- South Plaquemines High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Sulphur school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Sulphur 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 Sulphur against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port Sulphur
Is Port Sulphur a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Sulphur ranks 47,201st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, 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 Port Sulphur expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $90,541. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $58,060 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Port Sulphur safe?
Port Sulphur is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $780 per resident a year.
Compare Port Sulphur with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Sulphur. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Sulphur 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 Sulphur detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Sulphur: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Sulphur: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Sulphur: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Sulphur: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Sulphur 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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