Carlyss ranks #8 in Louisiana for public schools
Carlyss is ranked on 31 lists against the 163 Louisiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 8.
The lists Carlyss does best on
Each list ranks every LA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Carlyss marked.
Carlyss lands in the top half on 12 of 20 lists
Each dot is Carlyss’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in LA, the right end is last. Areas where Carlyss does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 94% of Louisiana
Not better or worse, just Carlyss’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for household income
Lists where Carlyss sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Carlyss out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Carlyss lands in every LA ranking
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
#37
Lowest obesity#1 Central · 31%
#42
Fewest smokers#1 Elmwood · 10%
#47
Most active#1 Youngsville · 19%
#48
E
Fewest uninsured#1 Eden Isle · 5%
#29
W
Lowest depression#1 Woodmere · 22%
#128
Closest to a top hospital#1 Mamou · 0.4 mi
#15 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Winnsboro · 12.8 min
#37 People
Most educated#1 Elmwood · 60.6%
#90
Youngest#1 Grambling · 21.2
#55
Oldest#1 Greenwood · 53.5
#110
Most residents 65+#1 Greenwood · 28.9%
#154
Most kids#1 Milton · 37.3%
#33 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Richwood · 0.9 yrs
#68
Cheapest rent#1 Haynesville · $432/mo
#143
Lowest property tax#1 Opelousas · $199/yr
#114
Rent easiest to afford#1 Elmwood · 24.1%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Lutcher · 34.8%
#116
Most trails#1 Donaldsonville · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#62
Most walkable#1 Kaplan · 169 / sq mi
#151 
Climate
G Mildest winters#1 Galliano · 46.2° #57
Hottest summers#1 Shreveport · 93.5°
#128
Coolest summers#1 Franklin · 90.0°
#38
Longest growing season#1 Marrero · 330 days
#36
Wettest#1 Franklinton · 66 in
#103 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 New Roads · 7%
#131
Most new homes#1 Maurice · 41.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Donaldsonville · +44.5%
#106
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Jena · 22.9 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Lake Arthur · 6.4
The number on the right is Carlyss’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.