Best PlacesBayou Cane, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bayou Cane, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bayou Cane ranks 32,983rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bayou Cane
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bayou Cane's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bayou Cane ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
Where Bayou Cane ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bayou Cane
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bayou Cane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,302, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bayou Cane's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bayou Cane
Bayou Cane runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bayou Cane.
Who works in Bayou Cane, and how
Work in Bayou Cane centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bayou Cane
Bayou Cane has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bayou Cane and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bayou Cane, month by month
Bayou Cane sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Bayou Cane
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 39 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bayou Cane
Schools across Bayou Cane average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Broadmoor Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Lisa Park Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Oakshire Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Houma Junior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Evergreen Junior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Terrebonne High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- H. L. Bourgeois High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bayou Cane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bayou Cane measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bayou Cane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bayou Cane
Is Bayou Cane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bayou Cane ranks 32,983rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and biking, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bayou Cane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,748. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $73,302 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Bayou Cane safe?
Bayou Cane is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $501 per resident a year.
Compare Bayou Cane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bayou Cane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bayou Cane represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bayou Cane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bayou Cane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bayou Cane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bayou Cane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bayou Cane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bayou Cane detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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