Best PlacesBogalusa, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bogalusa, 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.
Bogalusa ranks 48,999th 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 Bogalusa
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.
Bogalusa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bogalusa ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
Where Bogalusa ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,539 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bogalusa
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bogalusa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,539, 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 Bogalusa's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bogalusa
Bogalusa's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bogalusa.
Who works in Bogalusa, and how
Work in Bogalusa centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bogalusa
Bogalusa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bogalusa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bogalusa, month by month
Bogalusa sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Bogalusa
The nearest airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bogalusa
Schools across Bogalusa average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Enon Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Fifth Ward Junior High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Franklinton Primary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Picayune Junior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Franklinton Junior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Picayune Memorial High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Covington High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Franklinton High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bogalusa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bogalusa 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 Bogalusa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bogalusa
Is Bogalusa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bogalusa ranks 48,999th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, walkability, and fast internet, 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 Bogalusa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,687. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $40,539 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Bogalusa safe?
Bogalusa is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $639 per resident a year.
Compare Bogalusa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bogalusa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bogalusa 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.
Bogalusa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bogalusa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bogalusa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bogalusa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bogalusa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bogalusa 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.