Best PlacesSadie, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sadie, 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.
Sadie ranks 49,947th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sadie
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.
Sadie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sadie ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$625 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 98 pleasant days a year, better than 67% of towns
Where Sadie ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sadie
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sadie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $30,779, 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 Sadie's effective rate of 0.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sadie
Sadie's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sadie.
Who works in Sadie, and how
Work in Sadie centers on agriculture & forestry and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Sadie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sadie.
What the weather is like in Sadie, month by month
Sadie sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Sadie
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 194 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sadie
Schools across Sadie average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Union Parish Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Union Parish High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sadie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sadie 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 Sadie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sadie
Is Sadie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sadie ranks 49,947th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on the schools and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sadie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $81,900. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $30,779 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Sadie safe?
Sadie is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $699 per resident a year.
Compare Sadie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sadie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sadie 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.
Sadie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sadie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sadie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sadie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sadie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sadie 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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