Best PlacesCreole, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Creole, 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.
Creole ranks 50,202nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Creole
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.
Creole's strengths and weaknesses
Where Creole ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of towns
Where Creole ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Creole
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Creole home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $36,030, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Creole's effective rate of 0.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Creole
Creole runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Creole.
Who works in Creole, and how
Work in Creole centers on mining & oil & gas and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Creole
The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Creole, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Creole, month by month
Creole sees roughly 82 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 Creole
The nearest airport, Lake Charles Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Creole
Schools across Creole average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grand Lake ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Grand Lake High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Creole school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Creole 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 Creole against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Creole
Is Creole a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Creole ranks 50,202nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Creole expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,265. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $36,030 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Creole safe?
Creole is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,369 per resident a year.
Compare Creole with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Creole. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Creole 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.
Creole detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Creole: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Creole: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Creole: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Creole: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Creole 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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