Best PlacesDoyle, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Doyle, 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.
Doyle ranks 48,130th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Doyle
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.
Doyle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Doyle ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Doyle ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Doyle
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Doyle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,606, 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 Doyle's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Doyle
Doyle runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Doyle.
Who works in Doyle, and how
Work in Doyle centers on other services and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Doyle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Doyle.
What the weather is like in Doyle, month by month
Doyle sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Doyle
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Doyle
Schools across Doyle average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frost SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Doyle Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Corbin Junior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Doyle High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Doyle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Doyle 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 Doyle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Doyle
Is Doyle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Doyle ranks 48,130th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and a strong job market, 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 Doyle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,271. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $49,606 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Doyle safe?
Doyle is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $576 per resident a year.
Compare Doyle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Doyle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Doyle 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.
Doyle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Doyle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Doyle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Doyle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Doyle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Doyle 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.