Best PlacesSikes, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sikes, 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.
Sikes ranks 49,018th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sikes
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.
Sikes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sikes ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$639 a month, better than 74% of towns
Where Sikes ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,736 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sikes
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sikes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,736, 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 Sikes' effective rate of 0.16%, 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 Sikes
Sikes runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sikes.
Who works in Sikes, and how
Work in Sikes centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sikes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sikes.
What the weather is like in Sikes, month by month
Sikes sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Sikes
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 193 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sikes
Schools across Sikes average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Olla-standard Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Winnfield Primary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lasalle Junior High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Winnfield Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Lasalle High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Winnfield High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sikes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sikes 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 Sikes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sikes
Is Sikes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sikes ranks 49,018th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sikes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,399. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $41,736 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Sikes safe?
Sikes is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $580 per resident a year.
Compare Sikes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sikes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sikes 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.
Sikes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sikes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sikes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sikes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sikes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sikes 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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