Best PlacesPrairie Ronde, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prairie Ronde, 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.
Prairie Ronde ranks 43,883rd 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 Prairie Ronde
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.
Prairie Ronde's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prairie Ronde ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$637 a month, better than 75% of towns
Where Prairie Ronde ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prairie Ronde
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prairie Ronde home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,652, 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 Prairie Ronde's effective rate of 0.14%, 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 Prairie Ronde
Prairie Ronde runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Prairie Ronde.
Who works in Prairie Ronde, and how
Work in Prairie Ronde centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prairie Ronde
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prairie Ronde.
What the weather is like in Prairie Ronde, month by month
Prairie Ronde sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 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 | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Prairie Ronde
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prairie Ronde
Schools across Prairie Ronde average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Lawtell Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Plaisance Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prairie Ronde school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prairie Ronde 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 Prairie Ronde against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prairie Ronde
Is Prairie Ronde a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prairie Ronde ranks 43,883rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and few empty homes, 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 Prairie Ronde expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $324,154. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $68,652 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Prairie Ronde safe?
Prairie Ronde is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $940 per resident a year.
Compare Prairie Ronde with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prairie Ronde. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prairie Ronde 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.
Prairie Ronde detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prairie Ronde: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prairie Ronde: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prairie Ronde: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prairie Ronde: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prairie Ronde 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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