Louisiana Towns & Cities — Cost of Living and Business Climate

TownPopulationHome valueRentIncome

Abbeville 11,003 $97k $829 $33k

Abita Springs 2,699 $269k $1040 $77k

Addis 7,252 $247k $1273 $108k

Albany 991 $204k $705 $47k

Alexandria 44,060 $184k $931 $47k

Amite City 4,048 $113k $927 $45k

Anacoco 889 $212k $581 $73k

Angie 313 $104k $618 $61k

Arcadia 2,635 $94k $705 $25k

Arnaudville 1,239 $83k $502 $16k

Ashland 151 $156k — $43k

Athens 358 $84k — $16k

Atlanta 190 $85k — —

Baker 12,253 $158k $993 $55k

Baldwin 1,962 $129k $953 $32k

Ball 3,869 $176k $1337 $80k

Basile 1,790 $101k $900 $52k

Baskin 143 $129k $850 $62k

Bastrop 9,232 $88k $839 $33k

Baton Rouge 222,771 $235k $1067 $50k

Belcher 204 $171k $1109 $90k

Benton 2,548 $201k $873 $58k

Bernice 1,355 $80k $695 $26k

Berwick 4,607 $212k $493 $52k

Bienville 134 — $638 $34k

Blanchard 3,437 $209k $842 $75k

Bogalusa 10,468 $98k $767 $31k

Bonita 164 — $685 $26k

Bossier City 62,901 $202k $1107 $56k

Boyce 1,037 $86k $620 $38k

Breaux Bridge 7,501 $176k $891 $48k

Broussard 14,322 $310k $1010 $116k

Brusly 2,593 $254k $1469 $106k

Bryceland 139 $67k — $73k

Bunkie 3,253 $93k $828 $22k

Calvin 169 $86k — $53k

Campti 1,047 $78k $518 $19k

Cankton 514 $191k $668 $72k

Carencro 11,619 $215k $944 $63k

Castor 325 $90k $435 $30k

Central 29,783 $289k $1309 $90k

Chataignier 367 $92k $770 $33k

Chatham 534 $43k $758 $37k

Cheneyville 559 — $856 $17k

Choudrant 1,319 $314k $943 $73k

Church Point 4,096 $97k $862 $46k

Clarence 317 $98k $971 —

Clarks 770 $50k $777 $28k

Clayton 272 $74k $442 $31k

Clinton 1,136 $205k $993 $58k

Colfax 1,240 $73k $499 $26k

Collinston 347 $187k $290 $46k

Columbia 345 $124k $872 $55k

Converse 455 $82k $751 —

Cotton Valley 701 $69k $725 $36k

Cottonport 1,858 $88k $738 $32k

Coushatta 1,938 $96k $474 $31k

Covington 11,658 $295k $1396 $76k

Creola 221 — $1225 $61k

Crowley 11,422 $145k $594 $29k

Cullen 758 $69k $698 $22k

DeQuincy 2,931 $125k $760 $44k

DeRidder 9,763 $157k $958 $60k

Delcambre 2,552 $128k $815 $59k

Delhi 2,573 $118k $897 $52k

Delta 174 $14k $775 —

Denham Springs 9,323 $188k $1014 $72k

Dixie Inn 300 $45k $730 $23k

Dodson 389 $53k $718 $34k

Donaldsonville 6,831 $186k $827 $24k

Downsville 223 $235k $900 $69k

Doyline 725 $81k — $34k

Dry Prong 369 $198k $1000 $62k

Dubach 709 $105k $867 $37k

Dubberly 339 $167k — $46k

Duson 1,282 $54k $743 $25k

East Hodge 273 $78k $542 $32k

Edgefield 203 $108k — $53k

Elizabeth 373 $68k $790 $49k

Elton 862 $85k $499 $38k

Epps 467 $68k $1031 $54k

Erath 1,907 $108k $902 $48k

Eros 206 $48k $755 $32k

Estherwood 622 $89k $748 $46k

Eunice 9,239 $122k $799 $35k

Evergreen 297 — $403 $16k

Farmerville 3,407 $105k $765 $26k

Fenton 207 $96k $631 $22k

Ferriday 3,098 $85k $765 $28k

Fisher 176 $95k — $49k

Florien 714 $121k $635 $46k

Folsom 709 $226k $588 $62k

Fordoche 934 $183k $690 $64k

Forest 486 $43k $950 $40k

Forest Hill 727 $321k $1163 $116k

Franklin 6,461 $104k $814 $40k

Franklinton 3,602 $189k $808 $34k

French Settlement 1,295 $206k $1183 $72k

Georgetown 340 $69k $720 $46k

Gibsland 681 $93k $567 $22k

Gilbert 294 $96k $534 $50k

Gilliam 117 $142k — $94k

Glenmora 1,284 $104k $680 $32k

Golden Meadow 1,854 $142k $693 $72k

Goldonna 404 $103k — $65k

Gonzales 13,108 $226k $1497 $75k

Grambling 5,287 $182k $709 —

Gramercy 2,814 $225k $1236 $68k

Grand Cane 227 $235k $613 $113k

Grand Coteau 959 $118k $678 $35k

Grand Isle 623 $270k — —

Grayson 613 $127k $915 $47k

Greensburg 994 $189k $219 $45k

Greenwood 3,110 $242k $485 $64k

Gretna 17,389 $257k $1060 $43k

Grosse Tete 293 $161k — $57k

Gueydan 1,464 $74k $747 $28k

Hall Summit 222 $94k $910 —

Hammond 21,539 $221k $1061 $48k

Harahan 8,904 $343k $1082 $80k

Harrisonburg 287 $207k $592 $52k

Haughton 4,485 $234k $1087 $52k

Haynesville 2,515 $59k $432 $21k

Heflin 139 $125k $883 $43k

Henderson 1,779 $94k $736 $49k

Hessmer 828 $171k $589 $51k

Hodge 597 $77k $734 $48k

Homer 2,654 $81k $729 $23k

Hornbeck 412 $111k $930 $37k

Hosston 333 — $768 $81k

Houma 32,392 $206k $1058 $58k

Ida 254 $97k — $59k

Independence 2,207 $147k $964 $40k

Iota 1,481 $158k $491 $41k

Iowa 3,200 $249k $1098 $60k

Jackson 3,958 $151k $785 $38k

Jamestown 165 $105k — $50k

Jean Lafitte 2,266 $205k $941 $64k

Jeanerette 4,655 $98k $779 $43k

Jena 4,160 $140k $906 $72k

Jennings 9,553 $137k $881 $49k

Jonesboro 4,063 $80k $705 $42k

Jonesville 1,288 $113k $1016 $44k

Junction City 525 — $646 —

Kaplan 4,238 $156k $826 $40k

Keachi 168 $88k — $53k

Kenner 64,904 $246k $1179 $64k

Kentwood 2,087 $96k $1022 $31k

Kilbourne 384 $76k — —

Killian 1,694 $322k $2086 $68k

Kinder 2,317 $119k $777 $42k

Krotz Springs 831 $63k $621 —

Lafayette 121,715 $257k $1100 $62k

Lake Arthur 2,585 $84k $723 $54k

Lake Charles 81,143 $214k $1109 $59k

Lake Providence 3,349 $116k $606 $28k

Lecompte 592 $60k $661 $35k

Leesville 5,495 $119k $894 $38k

Leonville 1,395 $183k $693 $43k

Lillie 133 — — $54k

Lisbon 251 $66k — $58k

Livingston 1,747 $192k $702 $62k

Livonia 1,097 $211k — $73k

Lockport 2,618 $161k $958 $60k

Logansport 1,439 $127k $469 $32k

Longstreet 160 — — $79k

Loreauville 833 $132k $854 $32k

Lucky 196 $45k $867 $31k

Lutcher 2,991 $220k $1712 $60k

Madisonville 869 $400k $1180 $110k

Mamou 2,864 $87k $521 $25k

Mandeville 12,946 $376k $1422 $94k

Mangham 638 $113k $636 $43k

Mansfield 4,619 $112k $688 $34k

Mansura 1,263 $117k $583 $22k

Many 2,166 $117k $631 $37k

Maringouin 752 — $763 $34k

Marion 539 $142k $806 $28k

Marksville 4,905 $152k $670 $36k

Martin 667 $179k — $58k

Maurice 2,584 $241k $1053 $91k

McNary 248 $128k — $58k

Melville 589 $72k — $36k

Mer Rouge 437 $66k $775 $57k

Mermentau 627 $55k $478 $118k

Merryville 1,004 $101k $602 $29k

Minden 11,455 $130k $895 $34k

Monroe 47,004 $199k $886 $41k

Montgomery 941 $78k $1071 $57k

Montpelier 206 $113k — —

Mooringsport 688 $77k $675 $22k

Moreauville 773 $148k $740 $49k

Morgan City 11,064 $155k $917 $56k

Morganza 600 $122k $906 $44k

Morse 1,099 $83k $491 —

Mound 67 $193k — —

Mount Lebanon 143 — — —

Napoleonville 511 — $759 —

Natchez 351 $67k $317 —

Natchitoches 17,577 $193k $802 $37k

New Iberia 27,571 $158k $894 $47k

New Llano 2,144 $118k $828 $52k

New Orleans 371,853 $316k $1251 $57k

New Roads 4,404 $168k $736 $51k

Newellton 997 $53k $542 $25k

Noble 445 $67k — $71k

North Hodge 493 $94k $711 $36k

Norwood 340 $234k $980 $44k

Oak Grove 1,264 $88k $679 $51k

Oak Ridge 63 $169k — $108k

Oakdale 6,546 $99k $873 $43k

Oberlin 1,809 $96k $448 $32k

Oil City 1,184 $70k $413 $21k

Olla 1,179 $119k $422 $30k

Opelousas 15,495 $105k $717 $33k

Palmetto 119 — — —

Parks 963 $153k — $86k

Patterson 5,744 $160k $878 $50k

Pearl River 2,614 $235k $1167 $57k

Pine Prairie 934 — $758 $33k

Pineville 14,160 $202k $910 $50k

Pioneer 487 $50k $844 $83k

Plain Dealing 929 $140k $487 $49k

Plaquemine 6,075 $176k $880 $69k

Plaucheville 193 $118k $602 $46k

Pleasant Hill 605 $43k $550 $20k

Pollock 460 $115k $690 $35k

Ponchatoula 7,808 $200k $762 $51k

Port Allen 4,942 $181k $958 $59k

Port Barre 2,275 $76k $881 $41k

Port Vincent 673 $216k $734 $61k

Powhatan 35 — — $18k

Provencal 564 $116k $796 $79k

Quitman 321 $79k $1005 $32k

Rayne 7,105 $157k $828 $42k

Rayville 3,261 $99k $907 $27k

Reeves 223 $85k $677 $34k

Richmond 447 $161k $817 $46k

Richwood 3,839 $53k $978 $32k

Ridgecrest 1,007 $58k $971 $42k

Ringgold 1,405 $93k $465 $31k

Robeline 110 $123k $821 $13k

Rodessa 173 $60k $644 —

Rosedale 1,034 $123k $733 —

Roseland 1,070 $113k $868 $46k

Rosepine 1,702 $173k $763 $61k

Ruston 22,284 $225k $816 $31k

Saline 188 — $706 —

Sarepta 724 $83k $763 $56k

Scott 8,609 $170k $1052 $56k

Shongaloo 85 $115k — $58k

Shreveport 180,982 $179k $987 $49k

Sibley 1,376 $148k $727 $42k

Sicily Island 336 $55k $628 $21k

Sikes 279 $93k — —

Simmesport 1,625 $63k $619 $30k

Simpson 395 $147k — $90k

Simsboro 851 $84k $934 $32k

Slaughter 1,250 $254k $1571 $72k

Slidell 28,561 $218k $1375 $70k

Sorrento 2,203 $232k $1344 $118k

South Mansfield 475 — $357 $15k

Spearsville 93 $88k — $44k

Springfield 382 $153k — $54k

Springhill 4,599 $98k $764 $37k

St. Francisville 1,805 $275k $1083 $57k

St. Gabriel 6,639 $239k $1017 $75k

St. Joseph 603 $59k $733 $38k

St. Martinville 5,297 $100k $765 $36k

Stanley 136 — — —

Sterlington 2,229 $228k $1078 $69k

Stonewall 2,392 $277k $1011 $57k

Sulphur 20,775 $183k $994 $62k

Sun 381 $161k $883 —

Sunset 3,074 $206k $860 $61k

Tallulah 5,969 $79k $650 $33k

Tangipahoa 522 — $917 $20k

Thibodaux 15,732 $233k $960 $52k

Tickfaw 857 $180k $1000 $54k

Tullos 226 $66k $950 $55k

Turkey Creek 449 $151k $929 $75k

Urania 1,240 $94k $950 $47k

Varnado 425 $106k $829 $39k

Vidalia 3,928 $153k $1127 $48k

Vienna 587 $356k $592 $95k

Ville Platte 6,253 $101k $656 $28k

Vinton 3,176 $107k $947 $42k

Vivian 2,975 $63k $726 $22k

Walker 6,390 $228k $1028 $81k

Washington 564 $85k $627 $42k

Waterproof 576 $47k $469 $22k

Welsh 3,313 $175k $576 $78k

West Monroe 12,729 $192k $826 $49k

Westlake 4,743 $166k $1049 $68k

Westwego 8,335 $177k $1049 $46k

White Castle 2,237 $88k $733 $19k

Wilson 838 $122k $381 $34k

Winnfield 4,021 $81k $783 $42k

Winnsboro 4,725 $92k $731 $36k

Wisner 965 $103k $751 $42k

Woodworth 2,432 $302k $900 $85k

Youngsville 17,427 $288k $1278 $106k

Zachary 19,952 $259k $1527 $84k

Zwolle 1,796 $76k $527 $28k