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%

Sunset$1,190/mo

Typical home $218K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.27% · or rent about $860/mo · Housing →

Blanchard$1,190/mo

Typical home $209K (Census) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

Blanchard places higher on 10 of 18 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.

Safety

–SunsetNot graded B+BlanchardSafer than 72% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+SunsetBetter than 65% of districts in the state BBlanchardBetter than 63% of districts in the state

Health

DSunsetHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns C−BlanchardHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

7Sunset

10Blanchard

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 163 towns #46#154 Shortest commuteGetting around · 163 towns #154#50 Most remote workersWork · 158 towns #15#113 Lowest property taxCost of living · 159 towns #59#110 Fastest growingGrowth · 163 towns #63#15 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 163 towns #71#29 Most activeHealth · 163 towns #79#40 HealthiestHealth · 163 towns #90#53

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

SunsetBlanchard

Snow a year0″0″

January low41°F —

July high91°F —

Growing season (days)279d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)71st 32nd

Outdoors & history

SunsetBlanchard

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

National Register places2 —

Archive photos—2

Community

SunsetBlanchard

Library hours a week40 hrs 35 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

186 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SunsetLA BlanchardLA

Sunset ↔ Blanchard186 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

SunsetBlanchard

People

Population 3,074Lowest 3,437Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.4%Lowest LA: +2.7% +22%Highest LA: +2.7%

Median age 34.2±3.3Highest 10% below LA 32.4±2.8Lowest 15% below LA

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

Kids under 18 29.6%±7.9Highest LA: 23.5% 26.7%±6.7Lowest LA: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 9.3%±3Lowest LA: 16.7% 11.5%±3.3Highest LA: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.9%Lowest LA: 27% 20.6%Highest LA: 27%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.1%±4.6Highest LA: 5.8% 7.1%±3.1Lowest LA: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,964±$21kLowest about the LA average $75,069±$27kHighest 24% above LA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $206,100±$19kLowest 5% below LA $208,600±$24kHighest 4% below LA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $860±$69Highest 19% below LA $842±$177Lowest 21% below LA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $549Lowest 53% below LA $1,106Highest 6% below LA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.2%±19.6Lowest LA: 54.8% 49.1%±21.3Highest LA: 54.8%

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

Below poverty line 15.5%Highest LA: 18.9% 12.5%Lowest LA: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.3%Lowest LA: 67.4% 76.8%Highest LA: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Lowest 3 yrs newer than LA 1996Highest 13 yrs newer than LA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 30% above LA 22 minLowest 16% below LA

Work from home 11.4%±6.5Highest LA: 8.1% 4.1%±4Lowest LA: 8.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Highest 1.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.54Highest 0.24Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lafayette (24%)Shreveport (51%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BlanchardFew work in Sunset

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 47.4Highest 47.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #111 of 153 in LA #102 of 153 in LA

School district St. Landry ParishCaddo Parish

High school in town None in townNorthwood High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 17.6

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

Deciding?

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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.

Sunset vs Blanchard

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Blanchard places higher on 10 of 18 LA lists

What daily life feels like in each

186 miles apart

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