Best PlacesSt. John the Baptist Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in St. John the Baptist 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.
St. John the Baptist Parish ranks 3,027th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in St. John the Baptist 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.
St. John the Baptist Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. John the Baptist Parish ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of counties
- BikingBetter than 70% of counties
Where St. John the Baptist Parish ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 3% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in St. John the Baptist Parish
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. John the Baptist Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,766, 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 St. John the Baptist Parish's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish'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 St. John the Baptist Parish.
Who works in St. John the Baptist Parish, and how
Work in St. John the Baptist Parish centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of St. John the Baptist Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is St. John the Baptist Parish growing, and who is moving in?
St. John the Baptist Parish has lost about 9% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the New Orleans, LA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving St. John the Baptist Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in St. John the Baptist Parish, month by month
St. John the Baptist Parish 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 St. John the Baptist Parish
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 16 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 St. John the Baptist Parish
Schools across St. John the Baptist Parish average a D−, better than 3% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
- Vacherie Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Laplace Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- East St. John Preparatory AcademyF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- St. James High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- West St. John High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- East St. John High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. John the Baptist Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who St. John the Baptist Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in St. John the Baptist Parish
Is St. John the Baptist Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. John the Baptist Parish ranks 3,027th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, low property taxes, and big-city access, 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 St. John the Baptist Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,716. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $67,766 median income, cost of living beats 31% of counties.
Is St. John the Baptist Parish safe?
St. John the Baptist Parish is safer than 7% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $787 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in St. John the Baptist Parish?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 45. That works out to about 108 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of counties.
Is St. John the Baptist Parish good for families?
Schools beat 3% of counties, crime safety beats 7%, and childcare runs $699 a month.
Compare St. John the Baptist Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. John the Baptist Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. John the Baptist 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.
St. John the Baptist Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. John the Baptist Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. John the Baptist Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. John the Baptist Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. John the Baptist Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. John the Baptist 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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