Addis makes Louisiana’s top 10 on 5 lists
Addis is ranked on 32 lists against the 163 Louisiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 10.
Addis is on Louisiana’s podium 3 times
Each list ranks every LA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Addis marked.
Fewer seniors than 98% of Louisiana
Not better or worse, just Addis’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for health
Lists where Addis sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Addis lands in the top half on 13 of 21 lists
Each dot is Addis’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in LA, the right end is last. Areas where Addis does best come first.
Every LA list, and where Addis lands
36 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Elmwood · 80 / 100
#12
Lowest obesity#1 Central · 31%
#33
Fewest smokers#1 Elmwood · 10%
#12
Most active#1 Youngsville · 19%
#8
E
Fewest uninsured#1 Eden Isle · 5%
#14
W
Lowest depression#1 Woodmere · 22%
#46
Closest to a top hospital#1 Mamou · 0.4 mi
#64 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 New Roads · 7%
#108
Most new homes#1 Maurice · 41.3 per 1,000
#10
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Donaldsonville · +44.5%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Jena · 22.9 per home
#15 People
Most educated#1 Elmwood · 60.6%
#27
Youngest#1 Grambling · 21.2
#32
Oldest#1 Greenwood · 53.5
#131
Most residents 65+#1 Greenwood · 28.9%
#159
Most kids#1 Milton · 37.3%
#89 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Lutcher · 34.8%
#98
Most trails#1 Donaldsonville · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#52
Most walkable#1 Kaplan · 169 / sq mi
#74 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Winnsboro · 12.8 min
#95 
The number on the right is Addis’s spot. All of Louisiana’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every LA list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.