Best PlacesCameron Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Cameron Parish, 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.
Cameron Parish ranks 2,957th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cameron Parish
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.
Cameron Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cameron Parish ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of counties
- Household income$80,201 median, better than 76% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 75% of counties
Where Cameron Parish ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Cameron Parish
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cameron Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,201, 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 Cameron Parish's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cameron Parish.
Who works in Cameron Parish, and how
Work in Cameron Parish centers on construction and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of counties. The coast is about 49 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Cameron Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Cameron Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Cameron Parish has lost about 30% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Lake Charles, LA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Cameron Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Cameron Parish, month by month
Cameron Parish sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 58° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 71° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Cameron Parish
The nearest airport, Lake Charles Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cameron Parish
Schools across Cameron Parish average a D+, better than 16% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Arthur Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Grand Lake ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Jesse Owens Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Grand Lake High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Gueydan High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Memorial H SD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cameron Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cameron Parish 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 Cameron Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Cameron Parish
Is Cameron Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cameron Parish ranks 2,957th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on disaster risk and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cameron Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,584. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $80,201 median income, cost of living beats 75% of counties.
Is Cameron Parish safe?
Cameron Parish is safer than 5% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $849 per resident a year.
Compare Cameron Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cameron Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cameron Parish 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.
Cameron Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cameron Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cameron Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cameron Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cameron Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cameron Parish 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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