A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Berwick$840/mo

Typical home $151K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.34% · or rent about $493/mo · Housing →

Haughton$1,470/mo

Typical home $257K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $1,087/mo · Housing →

The difference: $640 a month, about $7,600 a year, between Haughton and Berwick.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Berwick places higher on 10 of 19 LA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Louisiana ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

A−BerwickBetter than 77% of districts in the state AHaughtonBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

DBerwickHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns DHaughtonHealthier than 14% of U.S. towns

10Berwick

7Haughton

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 161 towns #3#107 Most remote workersWork · 158 towns #104#12 Fastest growingGrowth · 163 towns #90#6 Most new homesHousing · 91 towns #55#11 Shortest commuteGetting around · 163 towns #45#111 Lowest property taxCost of living · 159 towns #72#126 Highest graduation rateSchools · 161 towns #24#54 Most educatedPeople · 163 towns #42#69

Left end = #1 in Louisiana. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Berwick’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BerwickHaughton

Snow a year0″0″

January low45°F —

July high91°F —

Growing season (days)335d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)92nd 54th

Outdoors & history

BerwickHaughton

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.8%0%

National Register places2 —

Archive photos7 —

Famous people born here—5

Community

BerwickHaughton

Library hours a week49 hrs 49 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

237 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BerwickLA HaughtonLA

Berwick ↔ Haughton237 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Louisiana average

BerwickHaughton

People

Population 4,607Highest 4,485Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.5%Lowest LA: +2.7% +31.4%Highest LA: +2.7%

Median age 34.8±5.1Highest 8% below LA 33.5±6.3Lowest 12% below LA

Berwick and Haughton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 29.6%±6.9Highest LA: 23.5% 26.2%±6.9Lowest LA: 23.5%

Berwick and Haughton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 13.3%±4Highest LA: 16.7% 11.3%±4.1Lowest LA: 16.7%

Berwick and Haughton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.3%Highest LA: 27% 21.3%Lowest LA: 27%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.9%±1.2Lowest LA: 5.8% 5.7%±3.2Highest LA: 5.8%

Haughton and Berwick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,580±$14kLowest 15% below LA $51,932±$18kHighest 15% below LA

Haughton and Berwick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $212,400±$20kLowest about the LA average $234,100±$27kHighest 8% above LA

Haughton and Berwick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $493±$304Lowest 54% below LA $1,087±$125Highest about the LA average

Property taxmedian, yearly $724Lowest 39% below LA $1,375Highest 17% above LA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.9%±14.4Lowest LA: 54.8% 64.2%±24.3Highest LA: 54.8%

Haughton and Berwick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 18.6%Highest LA: 18.9% 15.6%Lowest LA: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.2%Lowest LA: 67.4% 76.8%Highest LA: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Lowest same as LA 1993Highest 10 yrs newer than LA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 17% below LA 27 minHighest 4% above LA

Work from home 4.4%±3.1Lowest LA: 8.1% 12.4%±8.7Highest LA: 8.1%

Haughton and Berwick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 7.4%Highest 4.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.67Highest 0.41Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Morgan City (25%)Shreveport (34%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HaughtonFew work in Berwick

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 32.7Highest 31.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #21 of 153 in LA #23 of 153 in LA

School district St. Mary ParishBossier Parish

High school in town Berwick High SchoolHaughton High School

Students per teacherat that high school 16.2Lowest 19.3Highest

Louisiana average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Berwick vs Haughton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $640 more a month in Haughton

Berwick places higher on 10 of 19 LA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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