Best PlacesCade, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cade, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cade ranks 38,356th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cade
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.
Cade's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cade ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 123 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
Where Cade ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cade
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cade home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,602, 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 Cade's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cade
Cade'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 Cade.
Who works in Cade, and how
Work in Cade centers on mining & oil & gas and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cade
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cade.
What the weather is like in Cade, month by month
Cade sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 44° |
| April | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Cade
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cade
Schools across Cade average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coteau Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Sugarland Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Anderson Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- St. Martinville Junior High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Southside High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Westgate High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- St. Martinville Senior High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cade school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cade 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 Cade against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cade
Is Cade a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cade ranks 38,356th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, fast internet, and what local pay buys, 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 Cade expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $361,140. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $93,602 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Cade safe?
Cade is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $799 per resident a year.
Compare Cade with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cade. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cade 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.
Cade detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cade: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cade: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cade: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cade: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cade 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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