Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
The best of Poydras’ subject grades are an A− for cost of living and schools; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Poydras’ mean commuting time is 40 minutes, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Residents are less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Among 162 Louisiana towns, just 9 have a lower share of residents 65 or older than Poydras. Only 7 of Louisiana’s 255 towns score higher on the outdoors. Kenilworth Plantation House and Sebastopol Plantation House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Poydras has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Poydras beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| St. Bernard Middle School | 6–8 | 319 |
Sebastopol Plantation HouseWhere Poydras’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Poydras is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,722 in 1980, 2,536 in 2020. The archive holds 16 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Poydras. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw26 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
12 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
15 mi LandmarkFort Macomb
8 mi National Historical ParkJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve227K visitors a year
13 mi MuseumThe CabildoCaesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National World War II Museum: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Macomb: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5 · Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: No machine-readable author provided. Jan Kronsell assumed (based on copyright cl, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Cabildo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0
Poydras is unincorporated, so St. Bernard 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Poydras.
Among adults in Poydras, 17% report frequent physical distress and 21% report frequent mental distress. A fifth of Poydras adults smoke cigarettes.
| Poydras | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 33% |
| What stands out | Poydras | LA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 11.6% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The St. Bernard Parish school district runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Poydras’ only public school teaches 319 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Bernard Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 319 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Poydras after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2021. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in 91% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 826 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. 75% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 11%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are New Orleans (22%), Chalmette (20%) and Metairie (7%). For residents in Poydras, the share who live below the poverty line is 24%. The town had 129 jobs in 2023, down 26 from 2013. Half commute less than 13 miles.
| Poydras | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 44° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest park or preserve is Saint Bernard State Park, at 150 acres. In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 2.4 miles of trail. Only 10 of the 124 Louisiana towns we compare have a higher share of conserved land than Poydras.
| Poydras | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.7% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saint Bernard State Park | — | 150 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Poydras, just over three quarters of households live in a home they own. Poydras’ rent at the middle of the market comes in at $1,114 a month.
| Poydras | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 76% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,114 a month | $990 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9 within 15 miles of the center of Poydras
About 5 of every 100 Poydras residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Poydras is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,886 at the 2000 census and 2,536 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area. Poydras is on the East Bank of the Mississippi River, just upriver from the Plaquemines Parish line.
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2 towns share a border with Poydras.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poydras | — | — | A− | — | A− | D |
| New Orleans | #159 | D− | D | — | D− | C+ |
| Violet | #97 | C− | B | — | A− | D− |
Poydras has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Poydras, New Orleans and Violet report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Poydras with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $133,000, 38% 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−.
