Best PlacesRobert, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Robert, 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.
Robert ranks 39,935th 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 Robert
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.
Robert's strengths and weaknesses
Where Robert ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 72% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 100 pleasant days a year, better than 68% of towns
Where Robert ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Robert
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Robert home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,726, 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 Robert's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Robert
Robert runs younger 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 Robert.
Who works in Robert, and how
Work in Robert centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Robert
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Robert.
What the weather is like in Robert, month by month
Robert sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 63, 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 | 63° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Robert
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 36 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 Robert
Schools across Robert average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Champ Cooper Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Hammond Eastside MagnetC− · 26% proficient
- Woodland Park MagnetF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Martha Vinyard Elementary SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Loranger Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Greenville Park Leadership AcademyF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Ponchatoula High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Loranger High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Robert school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Robert 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 Robert against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Robert
Is Robert a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Robert ranks 39,935th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, 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 Robert expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,703. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $72,726 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Robert safe?
Robert is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $423 per resident a year.
Compare Robert with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Robert. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Robert 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.
Robert detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Robert: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Robert: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Robert: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Robert: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Robert 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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