Best PlacesPoydras, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Poydras, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Poydras ranks 39,993rd of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Poydras
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.
Poydras' strengths and weaknesses
Where Poydras ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Poydras ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Poydras
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Poydras home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,991, 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 Poydras' effective rate of 0.14%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Poydras
Poydras runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Poydras.
Who works in Poydras, and how
Work in Poydras centers on retail trade and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Poydras
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Poydras.
What the weather is like in Poydras, month by month
Poydras 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 Poydras
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 24 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 Poydras
Schools across Poydras average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- J.f. Gauthier SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- St. Bernard Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Belle Chasse High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Chalmette High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Poydras school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Poydras 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 Poydras against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Poydras
Is Poydras a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Poydras ranks 39,993rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, cell coverage, and a strong job market, 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 Poydras expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,477. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $63,991 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Poydras safe?
Poydras is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $420 per resident a year.
Compare Poydras with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Poydras. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Poydras 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.
Poydras detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Poydras: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Poydras: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Poydras: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Poydras: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Poydras 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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