Best PlacesUneedus, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Uneedus, 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.
Uneedus ranks 42,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Uneedus
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.
Uneedus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Uneedus ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 71% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 67% of towns
- BikingBetter than 64% of towns
Where Uneedus ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.0 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Uneedus
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Uneedus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,393, 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 Uneedus' effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Uneedus
Uneedus runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Uneedus.
Who works in Uneedus, and how
Work in Uneedus centers on construction and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Uneedus
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Uneedus.
What the weather is like in Uneedus, month by month
Uneedus sees roughly 88 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 Uneedus
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 42 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 Uneedus
Schools across Uneedus average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Folsom Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Woodland Park MagnetF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madisonville Junior High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Folsom Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Loranger Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Covington High SchoolC · 32% 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 Uneedus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Uneedus 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 Uneedus against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Uneedus
Is Uneedus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Uneedus ranks 42,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and few empty homes, 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 Uneedus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,018. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $74,393 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Uneedus safe?
Uneedus is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
Compare Uneedus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Uneedus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Uneedus 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.
Uneedus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Uneedus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Uneedus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Uneedus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Uneedus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Uneedus 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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