Are you sick of being a city slicker?
Do you long for life in suburban Louisiana? Where you can drive an overly-large vehicle to the store for groceries and schlep the kids around to practices and appointments without worrying about a parking space.
We do, too.
If you wanted to move out to the suburbs in Louisiana, where would you go? And how would you decide on the ranking factors to help you pick which Louisiana suburb was best?
No worries. We got it all figured out here using Saturday Night Science.
$79,516 median income · $315,751 median home price
Located in
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Harahan is a city in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and a suburb of New Orleans. The population was 9,277 at the 2010 census.
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$94,405 median income · $355,608 median home price
Located in
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Mandeville is a small city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 11,560 at the 2010 census. Mandeville is located on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain, south of Interstate 12. It is across the lake from the city of New Orleans and its southshore suburbs. It is part of the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area.
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$108,041 median income · $244,631 median home price
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$89,554 median income · $282,212 median home price
Located in
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Central is the thirteenth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the second largest city in East Baton Rouge Parish. Central became the state’s newest city in April 2005. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Central was 26,864 as of the 2010 census.
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$117,604 median income · $311,700 median home price
$77,257 median income · $282,888 median home price
$84,480 median income · $267,773 median home price
Located in
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Zachary is a city in the East Baton Rouge parish of Louisiana in the United States. It lies 16 miles north of the city of Baton Rouge, and had a population of 14,960 at the 2010 census, up from 11,275 in 2000.
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$105,538 median income · $280,271 median home price
$64,020 median income · $268,195 median home price
Located in
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Kenner is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. State of Louisiana. It is the largest city in Jefferson Parish, United States, Louisiana’s second-most populous parish, and a suburb of New Orleans. The population was 66,702 at the 2010 census.
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$70,497 median income · $218,143 median home price
Located in
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Slidell is the largest city situated on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain and St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 27,068 at the 2010 census. Greater Slidell has a population of about 90,000. It is part of the New OrleansMetairieKenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Louisiana’s statewide median.
Louisiana statewide median: $60,756
Louisiana statewide median: $211,635
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Where Louisiana’s best suburbs are
Saturday Night Science
Methodology: How we crunched the suburb numbers for the Pelican State
We have to use Saturday Night Science and look at several metrics to give you the best suburbs in Louisiana. We want to measure the type of place around major cities that people arguing at a bar would say makes it the “best suburb.”
First, we had to define a suburb. Using U.S. Census data produced for the state of Louisiana, we looked at every town with at least 2,000 residents, and within 30 miles of a city that’s over 200,000 people.
In other words, suburbs.
We paid particular attention to the following criteria:
- Median Home Values
- Median Income
- Population Density (Higher is Better)
- Unemployment Rates
- Commute Time
- Education Levels
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Poverty Rates
We ranked each suburb in Louisiana across these criteria from one to 25, with one being the best.
We then took the average rank across all criteria, with the town posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Suburb To Live In Louisiana.”
The result is some of the safest, quietest, and ideal places to live in Louisiana.
Read on to see why Harahan is the ‘burb with the most, while Donaldsonville is probably not the best place to live in Louisiana.
The full plate
The Best Suburbs In Louisiana
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| Rank | City | Population | Median Income | Median Home Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harahan | 8,904 | $79,516 | $315,751 |
| 2 | Mandeville | 12,946 | $94,405 | $355,608 |
| 3 | Addis | 7,252 | $108,041 | $244,631 |
| 4 | Central | 29,783 | $89,554 | $282,212 |
| 5 | Sorrento | 2,203 | $117,604 | $311,700 |
| 6 | Abita Springs | 2,699 | $77,257 | $282,888 |
| 7 | Zachary | 19,952 | $84,480 | $267,773 |
| 8 | Brusly | 2,593 | $105,538 | $280,271 |
| 9 | Kenner | 64,904 | $64,020 | $268,195 |
| 10 | Slidell | 28,561 | $70,497 | $218,143 |
| 11 | Plaquemine | 6,075 | $69,366 | $159,906 |
| 11 | Gonzales | 13,108 | $75,451 | $288,155 |
| 13 | Westwego | 8,335 | $46,261 | $179,563 |
| 14 | Port Allen | 4,942 | $59,474 | $213,735 |
| 15 | Denham Springs | 9,323 | $71,569 | $255,931 |
| 16 | Jackson | 3,958 | $37,844 | $204,287 |
| 17 | Walker | 6,390 | $80,707 | $253,184 |
| 18 | Baker | 12,253 | $54,750 | $180,739 |
| 19 | Pearl River | 2,614 | $56,719 | $227,297 |
| 20 | Gretna | 17,389 | $43,110 | $238,821 |
| 21 | St. Gabriel | 6,639 | $74,688 | $263,882 |
| 22 | New Roads | 4,404 | $51,328 | $152,312 |
| 23 | White Castle | 2,237 | $18,750 | $131,093 |
| 24 | Jean Lafitte | 2,266 | $64,452 | $206,814 |
| 25 | Donaldsonville | 6,831 | $23,618 | $164,852 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS via Saturday Night Science. 25 Louisiana suburbs within 30 miles of a city over 200,000.
Summary
Summary: There You Have It – The Best Suburbs In Louisiana
If you’re measuring the locations in Louisiana where there are lots to do, and everyone wants to live, this is an accurate list.
The best suburbs in Louisiana are Harahan, Mandeville, Addis, Central, Sorrento, Abita Springs, Zachary, Brusly, Kenner, and Slidell.
