Best PlacesBayou Goula, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bayou Goula, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bayou Goula ranks 49,945th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bayou Goula
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 Goula's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bayou Goula ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.9 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Bayou Goula ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bayou Goula
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bayou Goula home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,145, 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 Goula's effective rate of 0.24%, 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 5 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 Goula
Bayou Goula runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bayou Goula.
Who works in Bayou Goula, and how
Work in Bayou Goula centers on transportation & warehousing and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bayou Goula
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bayou Goula.
What the weather is like in Bayou Goula, month by month
Bayou Goula sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Bayou Goula
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bayou Goula
Schools across Bayou Goula average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crescent Elementary/junior High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Dorseyville Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- North Iberville ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Plaquemine Senior High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- White Castle High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bayou Goula school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bayou Goula 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 Goula against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bayou Goula
Is Bayou Goula a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bayou Goula ranks 49,945th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bayou Goula expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,180. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $36,145 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Bayou Goula safe?
Bayou Goula is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,206 per resident a year.
Compare Bayou Goula with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bayou Goula. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bayou Goula 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 Goula detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bayou Goula: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bayou Goula: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bayou Goula: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bayou Goula: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bayou Goula 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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