LA area data
Saint Benedict, LA
Saint Benedict, LA.
Population: 143 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 368.9 (+2.6% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 88.2 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 12.6¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $17.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively High
- Top hazards
- hurricane, coastalFlooding, coldWave, inlandFlooding, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 64.4 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 39
- Days with Good air quality
- 291
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 1
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (34 mi)
- Nearest airport
- St. Tammany Regional Airport (7 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Lakefront Airport (NEW) (28 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 38
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.8 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 2
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.6 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 80,439
- Average weekly wage
- $1,120
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 1,062
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