Best PlacesBreaux Bridge, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Breaux Bridge, 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.
Breaux Bridge ranks 43,448th 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 Breaux Bridge
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.
Breaux Bridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Breaux Bridge ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 81% of towns
Where Breaux Bridge ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Breaux Bridge
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Breaux Bridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,717, 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 Breaux Bridge'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 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 Breaux Bridge
Breaux Bridge runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Breaux Bridge.
Who works in Breaux Bridge, and how
Work in Breaux Bridge centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Breaux Bridge
Breaux Bridge has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Breaux Bridge and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Breaux Bridge, month by month
Breaux Bridge sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 80° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Breaux Bridge
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Breaux Bridge
Schools across Breaux Bridge average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Parks Primary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- J. Wallace James Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Teche Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Parks Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Cecilia Junior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Acadian Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Cecilia High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Breaux Bridge High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- St. Martinville Senior High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Breaux Bridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Breaux Bridge 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 Breaux Bridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Breaux Bridge suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Breaux Bridge
Is Breaux Bridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Breaux Bridge ranks 43,448th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and walkability, 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 Breaux Bridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,531. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $62,717 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Breaux Bridge safe?
Breaux Bridge is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $601 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Breaux Bridge?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 45. That works out to about 115 pleasant days a year, more than 77% of towns.
Is Breaux Bridge good for families?
Schools beat 13% of towns, crime safety beats 18%, and childcare runs $735 a month.
Compare Breaux Bridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Breaux Bridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Breaux Bridge 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.
Breaux Bridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Breaux Bridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Breaux Bridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Breaux Bridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Breaux Bridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Breaux Bridge 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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