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%

Minden$790/mo

Typical home $140K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $895/mo · Housing →

Eunice$620/mo

Typical home $116K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.16% · or rent about $799/mo · Housing →

The difference: $170 a month, about $2,000 a year, between Minden and Eunice.

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

Eunice places higher on 13 of 20 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

BMindenBetter than 62% of districts in the state B+EuniceBetter than 65% of districts in the state

Health

D−MindenHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns D−EuniceHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns

6Minden

13Eunice

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 163 towns #138#50 Most walkableOutdoors · 163 towns #88#9 Best schoolsSchools · 153 towns #121#54 Lowest property taxCost of living · 159 towns #63#3 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 163 towns #101#55 Highest graduation rateSchools · 161 towns #65#108 Cheapest rentCost of living · 161 towns #65#33 Lowest depressionHealth · 163 towns #76#107

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

MindenEunice

Snow a year0″0″

January low34°F 40°F

July high94°F 92°F

Growing season (days)241d 276d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st 81st

Outdoors & history

MindenEunice

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.6%2.5%

Settled1836 1884

National Register places11 2

Archive photos6 12

Famous people born here—19

Community

MindenEunice

Library hours a week65 hrs 51 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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

155 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MindenLA EuniceLA

Minden ↔ Eunice155 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

MindenEunice

People

Population 11,455Highest 9,239Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.8%Highest LA: +2.7% -9.4%Lowest LA: +2.7%

Median age 38.5±1.6Highest about the LA average 37.9±6.3Lowest about the LA average

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

Kids under 18 24.7%±3.2Highest LA: 23.5% 22.6%±4.5Lowest LA: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 17.2%±2.3Lowest LA: 16.7% 17.6%±2.7Highest LA: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.7%Highest LA: 27% 14.2%Lowest LA: 27%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±1.1Lowest LA: 5.8% 3.8%±1.9Highest LA: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $34,294±$4kLowest 44% below LA $35,436±$6kHighest 42% below LA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $130,200±$18kHighest 40% below LA $122,000±$25kLowest 44% below LA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $895±$84Highest 16% below LA $799±$108Lowest 25% below LA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $587Highest 50% below LA $199Lowest 83% below LA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 71%±9.8Highest LA: 54.8% 59.5%±13.6Lowest LA: 54.8%

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

Below poverty line 26.7%Lowest LA: 18.9% 33.2%Highest LA: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 49.4%Lowest LA: 67.4% 50.4%Highest LA: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 15 yrs older than LA 1974Highest 9 yrs older than LA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 13% below LA 24 minHighest 6% below LA

Work from home 5.6%±3.2Highest LA: 8.1% 4.6%±2.9Lowest LA: 8.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 33.8%Highest 26.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miHighest 20.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.37Highest 0.90Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Shreveport (19%)Lafayette (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EuniceFew work in Minden

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 2.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 12Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.3Lowest 131Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #121 of 153 in LA #54 of 153 in LA

School district Webster ParishSt. Landry Parish

High school in town Minden High SchoolEunice High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.0Highest 13.0Lowest

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.

Minden vs Eunice

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $170 more a month in Minden

Eunice places higher on 13 of 20 LA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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