Best PlacesTangipahoa Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Tangipahoa Parish, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tangipahoa Parish ranks 2,965th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. It does better on low property taxes, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Tangipahoa 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.
The best areas in Tangipahoa Parish
The parts of Tangipahoa Parish, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Kentwood & Amite
It is quieter, local pay stretches further, and prices have run up less.
Ponchatoula
More households have young kids and crime runs lower.
Loranger & Robert
Fewer homes sit empty and incomes run higher.
Tickfaw
Commutes are longer and fewer adults hold degrees.
Hammond
Biking is better, though fewer residents vote.
Amite City & Independence
Health care is harder to reach and heat risk is higher.
Scores across Tangipahoa Parish run from about the 1st to the 54th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Tangipahoa Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Tangipahoa Parish ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. Low property taxes, a strong job market, and tree cover carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: car insurance costs, state infrastructure, and disaster risk all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Tangipahoa Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 76% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of counties
- TransitBetter than 72% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 70% of counties
Where Tangipahoa Parish ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- School gradeD, better than only 3% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Tangipahoa Parish
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tangipahoa Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,863, 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 Tangipahoa Parish's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tangipahoa Parish.
Who works in Tangipahoa Parish, and how
Work in Tangipahoa Parish centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to 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 Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tangipahoa Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Tangipahoa Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Tangipahoa Parish has grown about 10% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Baton Rouge, LA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Tangipahoa Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Tangipahoa Parish, month by month
Tangipahoa Parish sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Tangipahoa Parish
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 41 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 Tangipahoa Parish
Schools across Tangipahoa Parish average a D, better than 3% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Southeastern La University Lab SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Chesbrough Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Champ Cooper Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madisonville Junior High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Martha Vinyard Elementary SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Ponchatoula Junior High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Ponchatoula High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Loranger High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tangipahoa Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Tangipahoa Parish suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Tangipahoa Parish
Is Tangipahoa Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tangipahoa Parish ranks 2,965th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and tree cover, 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 Tangipahoa Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,921. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $59,863 median income, cost of living beats 40% of counties.
Is Tangipahoa Parish safe?
Tangipahoa Parish is safer than 30% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $533 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tangipahoa Parish?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 42. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 57% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Tangipahoa Parish?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Kentwood & Amite, Ponchatoula, and Loranger & Robert. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Tangipahoa Parish good for families?
Schools beat 3% of counties, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $737 a month.
Is Tangipahoa Parish good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 40% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 69% of counties. About 8% of workers already work from home.
Compare Tangipahoa Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tangipahoa Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tangipahoa 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.
Tangipahoa Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tangipahoa Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tangipahoa Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tangipahoa Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tangipahoa Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tangipahoa 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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