Best PlacesThibodaux, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thibodaux, 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.
Thibodaux ranks 1,906th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thibodaux
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.
Thibodaux's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thibodaux ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- QuietBetter than 93% of cities
- Cheap childcare$699 a month, better than 90% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of cities
Where Thibodaux ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Thibodaux
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thibodaux home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,589, 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 Thibodaux's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thibodaux
Thibodaux runs younger 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 Thibodaux.
Who works in Thibodaux, and how
Work in Thibodaux centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Thibodaux
Thibodaux has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Thibodaux and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Thibodaux, month by month
Thibodaux sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Thibodaux
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 36 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Thibodaux
Schools across Thibodaux average a B−, better than 50% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bayou Community Academy Charter SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Schriever Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Labadieville Primary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sixth Ward Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Bayou Blue Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Evergreen Junior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Lafourche High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Thibodaux High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- H. L. Bourgeois High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thibodaux school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thibodaux 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 Thibodaux against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Thibodaux suits
Common questions about living in Thibodaux
Is Thibodaux a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thibodaux ranks 1,906th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and quiet, and lowest on state infrastructure and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thibodaux expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,256. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $68,589 median income, cost of living beats 30% of cities.
Is Thibodaux safe?
Thibodaux is safer than 21% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $532 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Thibodaux?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 45. That works out to about 114 pleasant days a year, more than 67% of cities.
Is Thibodaux good for families?
Schools beat 50% of cities, crime safety beats 21%, and childcare runs $699 a month.
Compare Thibodaux with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thibodaux. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thibodaux 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.
Thibodaux detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thibodaux: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thibodaux: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thibodaux: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thibodaux: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thibodaux 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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