Best PlacesTate Cove, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tate Cove, 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.
Tate Cove ranks 43,009th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tate Cove
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.
Tate Cove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tate Cove ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap childcare$637 a month, better than 75% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 69% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 66% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 65% of towns
Where Tate Cove ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tate Cove
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tate Cove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,277, 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 Tate Cove's effective rate of 0.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tate Cove
Tate Cove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tate Cove.
Who works in Tate Cove, and how
Work in Tate Cove centers on construction and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Tate Cove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tate Cove.
What the weather is like in Tate Cove, month by month
Tate Cove sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 62, 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 | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Tate Cove
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tate Cove
Schools across Tate Cove average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Ville Platte High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tate Cove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tate Cove 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 Tate Cove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tate Cove
Is Tate Cove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tate Cove ranks 43,009th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, 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 Tate Cove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,079. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $62,277 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Tate Cove safe?
Tate Cove is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $718 per resident a year.
Compare Tate Cove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tate Cove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tate Cove 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.
Tate Cove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tate Cove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tate Cove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tate Cove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tate Cove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tate Cove 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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