Best PlacesGrand Chenier, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grand Chenier, 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.
Grand Chenier ranks 50,178th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grand Chenier
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.
Grand Chenier's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grand Chenier ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 72% of towns
Where Grand Chenier ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute48.5 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grand Chenier
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grand Chenier home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,879, 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 Grand Chenier's effective rate of 0.09%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Grand Chenier
Grand Chenier runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grand Chenier.
Who works in Grand Chenier, and how
Work in Grand Chenier centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Grand Chenier
The coast is about 57 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Grand Chenier, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Grand Chenier, month by month
Grand Chenier sees roughly 83 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 Grand Chenier
The nearest airport, Lake Charles Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grand Chenier
Schools across Grand Chenier average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Forked Island/e. Broussard Elem SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Grand Lake ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Grand Lake High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Kaplan High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grand Chenier school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grand Chenier 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 Grand Chenier against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grand Chenier
Is Grand Chenier a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grand Chenier ranks 50,178th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and quiet, and lowest on education levels and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grand Chenier expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,311. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $70,879 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Grand Chenier safe?
Grand Chenier is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,176 per resident a year.
Compare Grand Chenier with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grand Chenier. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grand Chenier 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.
Grand Chenier detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grand Chenier: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grand Chenier: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grand Chenier: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grand Chenier: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grand Chenier 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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