2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Bay City, MI vs Houma, LA

#349 Best Green Cities

#19 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

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#320 2005 Best Places to Live

#376 Best Green Cities

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

But everything else is going to  More

There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

I lived in Houma from 2 years of age until 61. If you love fishing, eating fried/boiled seafood, and enjoy hot humid weather, this is your town. Except for having easy  More

Houma has absolutely nothing to  More

Hot summers; significant hurricanes and tropical storms about once every 5  More