Best PlacesWinn Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Winn Parish, 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.
Winn Parish ranks 3,051st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Winn 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.
Winn Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Winn Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 99% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 75% of counties
- QuietBetter than 72% of counties
Where Winn Parish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of counties
- Household income$47,887 median, better than only 6% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Winn Parish
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Winn Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,887, 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 Winn Parish's effective rate of 0.19%, 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 Winn Parish
Winn Parish'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 Winn Parish.
Who works in Winn Parish, and how
Work in Winn Parish centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Winn Parish
Winn Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Winn Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Winn Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Winn Parish has lost about 10% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from New Orleans, LA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Winn Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Winn Parish, month by month
Winn Parish sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Winn Parish
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Winn Parish
Schools across Winn Parish average a D+, better than 9% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Winnfield Primary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Winnfield Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Winnfield High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winn Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winn 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 Winn Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Winn Parish
Is Winn Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winn Parish ranks 3,051st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Winn Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,323. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $47,887 median income, cost of living beats 11% of counties.
Is Winn Parish safe?
Winn Parish is safer than 9% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $723 per resident a year.
Compare Winn Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winn Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winn 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.
Winn Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winn Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winn Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winn Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winn Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winn 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.