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%

Haughton$1,470/mo

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

Berwick$840/mo

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

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

Health

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

7Haughton

10Berwick

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

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

Left end = #1 in Louisiana. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Haughton’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

HaughtonBerwick

Snow a year0″0″

January low—45°F

July high—91°F

Growing season (days)—335d

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

Outdoors & history

HaughtonBerwick

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0%0.8%

National Register places—2

Archive photos—7

Famous people born here5 —

Community

HaughtonBerwick

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.

HaughtonLA BerwickLA

Haughton ↔ Berwick237 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

HaughtonBerwick

People

Population 4,485Lowest 4,607Highest

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

Median age 33.5±6.3Lowest 12% below LA 34.8±5.1Highest 8% 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 26.2%±6.9Lowest LA: 23.5% 29.6%±6.9Highest 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+ 11.3%±4.1Lowest LA: 16.7% 13.3%±4Highest 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+ 21.3%Lowest LA: 27% 27.3%Highest LA: 27%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.7%±3.2Highest LA: 5.8% 1.9%±1.2Lowest 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 $51,932±$18kHighest 15% below LA $51,580±$14kLowest 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 $234,100±$27kHighest 8% above LA $212,400±$20kLowest about the LA average

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.2%±24.3Highest LA: 54.8% 27.9%±14.4Lowest 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 15.6%Lowest LA: 18.9% 18.6%Highest LA: 18.9%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 12.4%±8.7Highest LA: 8.1% 4.4%±3.1Lowest 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 4.1%Lowest 7.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BerwickFew work in Haughton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

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

Schools

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

School district Bossier ParishSt. Mary Parish

High school in town Haughton High SchoolBerwick High School

Students per teacherat that high school 19.3Highest 16.2Lowest

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.

Haughton vs Berwick

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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