Best PlacesSouth Kenner, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around South Kenner, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
South Kenner ranks 12,680th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in South Kenner
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.
South Kenner's strengths and weaknesses
Where South Kenner ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$150,200 median, better than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 84% of towns
Where South Kenner ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in South Kenner
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median South Kenner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $150,200, 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 South Kenner's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in South Kenner
South Kenner runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 South Kenner.
Who works in South Kenner, and how
Work in South Kenner centers on other services and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in South Kenner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across South Kenner.
What the weather is like in South Kenner, month by month
South Kenner sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 94° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 84° | 74° | 65° |
Flying in and out of South Kenner
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 3 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 South Kenner
Schools across South Kenner average a B, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Airline Park Academy For Advanced StudiesA+ · 88% proficient
- Ray St. Pierre Academy For Advanced StudiesA+ · 77% proficient
- Emmett C.gilbert School Of Excellence At FordD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albert Cammon Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Thomas Jefferson High School For Advanced StudiesA+ · 80% proficient
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every South Kenner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
South Kenner 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 South Kenner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in South Kenner
Is South Kenner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, South Kenner ranks 12,680th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and high incomes, 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 South Kenner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $404,500. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $150,200 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is South Kenner safe?
South Kenner is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $384 per resident a year.
Compare South Kenner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to South Kenner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in South Kenner 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.
South Kenner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for South Kenner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in South Kenner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of South Kenner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in South Kenner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
South Kenner 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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