Belle RoseLA
A town settled in 1881, now home to 1,400 people. Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Is Belle Rose a good place to live?
The best of Belle Rose’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 2 of Louisiana’s 253 towns score higher on cost of living. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. On walkability, just 5 of Louisiana’s 252 towns do worse. Belle Rose’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Belle Rose has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Belle Rose stand out
Where Belle Rose beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
1,400 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Belle Rose grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Belle Rose is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Belle Rose: who provides what
Belle Rose is unincorporated, so Assumption Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Belle Rose.
Belle Rose is less healthy than nine in ten U.S. towns
The share of adults in Belle Rose who had a checkup this year: 84%. Against the Louisiana average, Belle Rose comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 5. Among adults in the town, 19% have diabetes and 35% get no exercise outside work.
| Belle Rose | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 44% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 34% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 82% | 79% |
| What stands out | Belle Rose | LA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.2% | 78.8% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 5.4% | 4.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Belle Rose beat 79% of Louisiana districts
Its public schools are run by the Assumption Parish school district. Enrollment at Belle Rose’s public school: 77 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Rose Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 77 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Belle Rose has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Expected losses in Belle Rose break down as 49% from hurricanes and 22% from drought. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Belle Rose after 7 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Belle Rose work out of town
In Belle Rose, the mean commuting time is 22 minutes. Jobs based locally fell to 120 in 2023, 22 fewer than in 2013. For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 11%. The top destinations are Donaldsonville (7%), Baton Rouge (7%) and New Orleans (4%).
| Belle Rose | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Belle Rose, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 43° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer children than Louisiana overall
Children under 18 are 17% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (37% statewide). In Belle Rose, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Its midpoint age comes in at 45.9 years. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 21%, against 27% across Louisiana.
| Belle Rose | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.9 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 20% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 25% and 69% women
The Census survey reached too few of Belle Rose’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±22.1 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Belle Rose | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.4% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.6% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.7% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.2% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.4% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.2% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 10.7% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
A larger share of households own their home in Belle Rose than in most of Louisiana or the rest of the country
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Belle Rose
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Belle Rose
About 4 of every 100 Belle Rose residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
Belle Rose has shrunk 11% from 2010 to 2020
1,902 counted in 2010 and 1,698 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Questions about Belle Rose
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Belle Rose, LA a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Is Belle Rose, LA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $123,000, 42% below the Louisiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.