Best PlacesSabine Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Sabine Parish, 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.
Sabine Parish ranks 3,028th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sabine Parish
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.
Sabine Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sabine Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 91% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of counties
- QuietBetter than 76% of counties
- Cheap childcare$636 a month, better than 69% of counties
Where Sabine Parish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Sabine Parish
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sabine Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,110, 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 Sabine Parish's effective rate of 0.24%, 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 Sabine Parish
Sabine Parish runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sabine Parish.
Who works in Sabine Parish, and how
Work in Sabine Parish centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sabine Parish
Sabine Parish has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Sabine Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Sabine Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Sabine Parish has lost about 10% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Alexandria, LA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Sabine Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Sabine Parish, month by month
Sabine Parish sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Sabine Parish
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 152 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sabine Parish
Schools across Sabine Parish average a C, better than 33% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Anacoco Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Marthaville Elementary & Junior High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Joaquin ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Many Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Joaquin H SA− · 60% proficient
- Anacoco High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Many High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sabine Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sabine Parish 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 Sabine Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Sabine Parish suits
Common questions about living in Sabine Parish
Is Sabine Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sabine Parish ranks 3,028th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sabine Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,031. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $55,110 median income, cost of living beats 8% of counties.
Is Sabine Parish safe?
Sabine Parish is safer than 16% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $613 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sabine Parish?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 40. That works out to about 76 pleasant days a year, more than 31% of counties.
Is Sabine Parish good for families?
Schools beat 33% of counties, crime safety beats 16%, and childcare runs $636 a month.
Compare Sabine Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sabine Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sabine Parish 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.
Sabine Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sabine Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sabine Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sabine Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sabine Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sabine Parish 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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