Best PlacesRouton, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Routon, 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.
Routon ranks 44,474th 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 Routon
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.
Routon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Routon ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 65% of towns
Where Routon ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute47.2 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Routon
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Routon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,688, 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 Routon's effective rate of 0.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Routon
Routon's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Routon.
Who works in Routon, and how
Work in Routon centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Routon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Routon.
What the weather is like in Routon, month by month
Routon sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Routon
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Routon
Schools across Routon average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Olla-standard Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Nebo Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jena Junior High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Lasalle Junior High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Jena High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Lasalle High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Routon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Routon 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 Routon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Routon
Is Routon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Routon ranks 44,474th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and tree cover, 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 Routon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,567. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $73,688 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Routon safe?
Routon is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $573 per resident a year.
Compare Routon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Routon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Routon 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.
Routon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Routon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Routon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Routon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Routon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Routon 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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