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Ranked for Affordable Living

Best Places to Live in Louisiana for Affordable Living

Low cost of living, rent, home prices, and total tax burden Ranked by how well each place fits the Affordable Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 25 places

  1. #1PattersonPopulation 5,868 · solid overall livability100% match
  2. #2WelshPopulation 3,336 · solid overall livability100% match
  3. #3DeQuincyPopulation 3,058 · solid overall livability100% match
  4. #4Golden MeadowPopulation 2,053 · solid overall livability100% match
  5. #5CadePopulation 1,960 · solid overall livability100% match
  6. #6CeciliaPopulation 1,375 · solid overall livability100% match
  7. #7MorsePopulation 1,111 · solid overall livability100% match
  8. #8CatahoulaPopulation 1,042 · solid overall livability100% match
  9. #9RacelandPopulation 11,094 · mixed overall livability89% match
  10. #10OakdalePopulation 6,701 · mixed overall livability89% match
  11. #11GallianoPopulation 6,681 · mixed overall livability89% match
  12. #12LarosePopulation 6,069 · mixed overall livability89% match
  13. #13GramblingPopulation 5,315 · mixed overall livability89% match
  14. #14JonesboroPopulation 4,135 · solid overall livability89% match
  15. #15ArcadiaPopulation 2,725 · solid overall livability89% match
  16. #16CoushattaPopulation 2,053 · mixed overall livability89% match
  17. #17CottonportPopulation 1,734 · solid overall livability89% match
  18. #18Oak GrovePopulation 1,531 · mixed overall livability89% match
  19. #19EltonPopulation 1,284 · solid overall livability89% match
  20. #20DubachPopulation 1,026 · solid overall livability89% match
  21. #21OberlinPopulation 1,676 · mixed overall livability86% match
  22. #22CharentonPopulation 1,051 · solid overall livability86% match
  23. #23ErathPopulation 2,231 · solid overall livability80% match
  24. #24DevillePopulation 1,083 · mixed overall livability79% match
  25. #25OpelousasPopulation 15,810 · mixed overall livability77% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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