Best PlacesBossier City, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bossier City, 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.
Bossier City ranks 1,737th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bossier City
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.
Bossier City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bossier City ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of cities
- Cheap childcare$732 a month, better than 87% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 67% of cities
Where Bossier City ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 5% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bossier City
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bossier City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,028, 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 Bossier City's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Bossier City
Bossier City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bossier City.
Who works in Bossier City, and how
Work in Bossier City 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 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bossier City
Bossier City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of cities and more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bossier City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bossier City, month by month
Bossier City sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Bossier City
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 185 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bossier City
Schools across Bossier City average a C, better than 30% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Legacy Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Stockwell Place Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Kingston Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caddo Parish Middle Magnet SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Benton Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Cope Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Benton High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Haughton High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- C.e. Byrd High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bossier City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bossier City 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 Bossier City against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bossier City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Bossier City
Is Bossier City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bossier City ranks 1,737th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on state infrastructure and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bossier City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,593. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $73,028 median income, cost of living beats 31% of cities.
Is Bossier City safe?
Bossier City is safer than 18% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $586 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bossier City?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 37. That works out to about 83 pleasant days a year, more than 48% of cities.
Is Bossier City good for families?
Schools beat 30% of cities, crime safety beats 18%, and childcare runs $732 a month.
Compare Bossier City with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bossier City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bossier City 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.
Bossier City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bossier City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bossier City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bossier City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bossier City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bossier City 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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