10 Best Places to Retire in Louisiana

3. Caldwell Parish

Cost of living: 22.2% lower than US average
Crime: 43
Physicians per 100k: 59
Median House Value: $69,400
Insider Monkey Score: 44.3

Named for a prominent plantation-owning family, Caldwell Parish is the 5th least populated parish in Louisiana, with a population of 10,132. It is home to the Louisiana Art and Folk Festival held since 1956, and it also hosts a 1,000 acre preserve which attracts both botanical and archeological enthusiasts all over the state.

2. Beauregard Parish

Cost of living: 17.7% lower than US average
Crime: 34
Physicians per 100k: 109
Median House Value: $92,400
Insider Monkey Score: 48

Beauregard Parish has a population of 35,654 and is part of the DeRidder, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The parish was part of the Sabine Free State, which was the patch of land both claimed by Spain and United States. To prevent conflict, the 2 nations declared the land as “neutral ground”, with no armed forces from either nation allowed into the area.