Best PlacesBoyce, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boyce, 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.
Boyce ranks 43,000th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Boyce
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.
Boyce's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boyce ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 68% of towns
- Short commute24.6 minutes each way, better than 65% of towns
- BikingBetter than 61% of towns
Where Boyce ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boyce
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boyce home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,181, 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 Boyce'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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boyce
Boyce'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 Boyce.
Who works in Boyce, and how
Work in Boyce centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Boyce
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boyce.
What the weather is like in Boyce, month by month
Boyce sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Boyce
The nearest airport, Alexandria International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 170 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boyce
Schools across Boyce average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anacoco Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- South Grant Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Mabel Brasher MontessoriF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vernon Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Scott M. Brame Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Grant Junior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Grant High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Pineville High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boyce school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boyce 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 Boyce against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boyce
Is Boyce a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boyce ranks 43,000th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and walkability, 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 Boyce expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,111. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $74,181 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Boyce safe?
Boyce is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $752 per resident a year.
Compare Boyce with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boyce. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boyce 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.
Boyce detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boyce: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boyce: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boyce: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boyce: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boyce 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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