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1938
Piles of barbed wire near New Roads, Louisiana, 1938
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About New Roads
City in Louisiana, United StatesNew Roads (historically French: Poste-de-Pointe-Coupée) is a city in and the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. The center of population of Louisiana was located in New Roads in 2000. The population was 4,831 at the 2010 census, down from 4,966 in 2000. In the 2020 census the population was 4,549, while at the beginning year of 2023 the census showed a population of 4,205 and expects to be under 4,000 by the years end. The city's ZIP code is 70760. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Housing in New Roads
The typical New Roads home is worth about $157,000, up 4.5% in a year, 28% below the Louisiana typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026, too few for a market read. The typical value is the steadier guide.
Schools in New Roads
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The public schools New Roads’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Louisiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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