Best Places for Military Families in Louisiana
Places near a major installation with schools and support infrastructure PCS families actually rely on.
What this list weighs: Distance to installation; see the military module, not just this tag.
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Listed alphabetically, not ranked -- we don't have a defensible scoring methodology to rank these against each other yet, so we won't pretend to.
Best fits military families and retirees connected to Fort Johnson, and retirees more broadly prioritizing genuinely affordable housing and Louisiana's real, low state and property tax burden, who are prepared to weigh Alexandria's real, disclosed crime picture honestly.
Read the full page →Best fits military families and active-duty or civilian personnel connected to Barksdale Air Force Base, plus affordability- and low-tax-focused movers drawn to Bossier Parish's genuinely favorable property-tax rate and below-state-average insurance costs.
Read the full page →Best fits military families connected to Fort Johnson, budget-conscious buyers seeking genuinely affordable housing, and movers specifically prioritizing lower hurricane exposure than most of coastal and near-coastal Louisiana -- all of whom should weigh DeRidder's real, above-national-median property tax rate directly against those advantages.
Read the full page →Best fits military families and service members stationed at or near Fort Johnson, budget-conscious movers benefiting from Louisiana's active-duty income-tax exemption and low property taxes, and those comfortable with a genuinely lower inland hurricane-exposure profile than coastal Louisiana.
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