Best PlacesSunrise, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunrise, 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.
Sunrise ranks 40,335th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Sunrise
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.
Sunrise's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunrise ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
Where Sunrise ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
Who lives in Sunrise
Sunrise's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sunrise.
Who works in Sunrise, and how
Work in Sunrise centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sunrise
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sunrise.
What the weather is like in Sunrise, month by month
Sunrise sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Sunrise
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sunrise
Schools across Sunrise average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Belfair Montessori SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Cohn Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Park Elementary SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- Port Allen Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Capitol Middle SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Port Allen High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Scotlandville Magnet High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunrise school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunrise 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 Sunrise against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sunrise
Is Sunrise a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunrise ranks 40,335th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, short commutes, and low property taxes, and lowest on car insurance costs and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sunrise safe?
Sunrise is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $706 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sunrise?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 43. That works out to about 107 pleasant days a year, more than 73% of towns.
Compare Sunrise with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunrise. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunrise 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.
Sunrise detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunrise: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunrise: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunrise: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunrise: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunrise 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.
- 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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