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A regional job hub with 6,320 jobs. A town of 7,644, settled in 1893.
Hazard risk is its weak spot: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. It also trails on health: residents are less healthy than 69% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Homes run about $230K for a typical one, 3.7 times the New Orleans metro’s $63K median household income. Its strongest is schools: its public schools beat 87% of Louisiana towns on state tests and graduation. The overall grade lands at B−, better than 50% of U.S. towns. That places it 30th of 161 in Louisiana. LaBranche Plantation Dependency is on the National Register of Historic Places. St. Rose’s January low is 44°F, against 42°F in Louisiana’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
Where St. Rose beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| St. Rose Elementary School | PK–5 | 540 |
| Albert Cammon Middle School | 6–8 | 282 |
Where St. Rose’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 St. Rose is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,099 in 1960, 7,504 in 2020. The archive holds 7 maps from 1891 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Rose. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw20 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
14 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
21 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District
13 mi City parkCity Park
10 mi National Historical ParkJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve227K visitors a yearCaesars 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 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · City Park: Infrogmation of New Orleans, 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
St. Rose is unincorporated, so St. Charles 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 St. Rose.
St. Rose draws workers from New Orleans and beyond, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally.
6,320 jobs are based in St. Rose, 1.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
For half of commuters, work is under 11 miles away. 8.1% of St. Rose residents live below the poverty line. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (15%), Metairie (13%) and Kenner (10%).
| St. Rose | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The public schools here belong to the St. Charles Parish school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Rose Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 540 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Federal disaster aid has reached households in St. Rose after 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. FEMA puts 75% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 11% to inland flooding. Flood insurance has paid out on 814 claims in the town since 1978.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 78% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
For adults in St. Rose, the share who binge drink is 17%. Only 10 of the 161 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than St. Rose. Among adults in the town, 20% worry about having enough food and 42% have high blood pressure.
| St. Rose | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 42% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 26% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 44% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 12% |
| What stands out | St. Rose | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.6% | 18.1% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 6.7% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
January nights average 43.7°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.7°.
Snow is almost unheard of. Its peak summer temperature comes in at 92°F.
| St. Rose | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
25% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 27% across Louisiana. Adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (37% statewide). Also worth knowing: in St. Rose, 15% of residents are 65 or older.
| St. Rose | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 20% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.3 points). Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| St. Rose | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.2% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.6% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 16.1% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.3% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.2% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.7% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.1% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The median property tax bill is $2,085, against $1,180 across Louisiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
St. Rose’s midpoint rent comes in at $856 a month. Zillow values the typical St. Rose home at about $230,000, about the same as a year ago, 7% above the Louisiana typical home. Among households in the town, 76% live in a home they own.
| St. Rose | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $856 a month | $992 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
10 within 15 miles of the center of St. Rose
About 6 of every 100 St. Rose residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
5 notable people were born in St. Rose.
CDP in Louisiana, United States
Saint Rose (usually written as St. Rose) is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. St. Rose is on the east bank of the Mississippi River, two miles (3 km) north of the Jefferson Parish border and is part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. The population was 6,540 in the 2000 census, and 7,504 in 2020.
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4 towns share a border with St. Rose.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Luling (C+) comes closest.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Rose | #30 | B− | C+ | — | A | C |
| Ama | — | — | B | — | A | D |
| Luling | #47 | C+ | C | — | A | B− |
| Destrehan | #66 | C | C− | — | A | B− |
| Kenner | #128 | D | C | C− | B | C |
Ama has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. St. Rose, Ama, Luling and Destrehan report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare St. Rose with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
St. Rose grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #30 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades C for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
5 notable people were born here, including Ed Reed and Justin Jefferson.
