Best PlacesSterlington, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sterlington, 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.
Sterlington ranks 27,283rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Sterlington
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.
Sterlington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sterlington ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 78% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 74% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Sterlington ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sterlington
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sterlington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,775, 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 Sterlington's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Sterlington
Sterlington'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 Sterlington.
Who works in Sterlington, and how
Work in Sterlington centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sterlington
Sterlington has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Sterlington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sterlington, month by month
Sterlington sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Sterlington
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 201 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sterlington
Schools across Sterlington average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Union Parish Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
- Morehouse Elementary SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sterlington Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Sterlington High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Union Parish High SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Bastrop High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sterlington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sterlington 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 Sterlington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sterlington
Is Sterlington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sterlington ranks 27,283rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, biking, and walkability, 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 Sterlington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,479. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $70,775 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Sterlington safe?
Sterlington is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $552 per resident a year.
Compare Sterlington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sterlington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sterlington 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.
Sterlington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sterlington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sterlington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sterlington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sterlington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sterlington 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.