Best PlacesBoutte, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boutte, 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.
Boutte ranks 38,400th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Boutte
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.
Boutte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boutte ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Boutte ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boutte
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boutte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,783, 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 Boutte's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boutte
Boutte runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boutte.
Who works in Boutte, and how
Work in Boutte centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Boutte
Boutte has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Boutte and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boutte, month by month
Boutte sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 94° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 84° | 74° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Boutte
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 10 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 Boutte
Schools across Boutte average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- R.j. Vial Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Luling Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- J.b. Martin Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- R.k. Smith Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Hahnville High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boutte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boutte 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 Boutte against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boutte
Is Boutte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boutte ranks 38,400th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and walkability, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Boutte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,018. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $80,783 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Boutte safe?
Boutte is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $517 per resident a year.
Compare Boutte with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boutte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boutte 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.
Boutte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boutte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boutte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boutte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boutte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boutte 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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