Best PlacesBush, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bush, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bush ranks 39,175th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Bush
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.
Bush's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bush ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 71% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 100 pleasant days a year, better than 68% of towns
Where Bush ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bush
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bush home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,813, 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 Bush's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bush
Bush runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bush.
Who works in Bush, and how
Work in Bush 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 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bush
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bush.
What the weather is like in Bush, month by month
Bush sees roughly 100 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 Bush
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 45 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 Bush
Schools across Bush average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Folsom Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Enon Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Abita Springs Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Abita Springs Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Folsom Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Franklinton Junior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Fontainebleau High SchoolB+ · 51% 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 Bush school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bush 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 Bush against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bush
Is Bush a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bush ranks 39,175th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and health care access, 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 Bush expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,235. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $65,813 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Bush safe?
Bush is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Bush with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bush. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bush 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.
Bush detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bush: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bush: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bush: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bush: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bush 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.