Maurice is #1 in Louisiana for growth
Maurice is ranked on 32 lists against the 163 Louisiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 10.
Maurice is on Louisiana’s podium 4 times
Each list ranks every LA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Maurice marked.
More year-round than 99% of Louisiana
Not better or worse, just Maurice’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Maurice lands in the top half on 12 of 20 lists
Each dot is Maurice’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in LA, the right end is last. Areas where Maurice does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for household income
Lists where Maurice sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Maurice 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 New Roads · 7%
#161
Most new homes#1 Maurice · 41.3 per 1,000
#1
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Donaldsonville · +44.5%
#4
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Jena · 22.9 per home
#6 
Health
Healthiest#1 Elmwood · 80 / 100
#33
Lowest obesity#1 Central · 31%
#33
Fewest smokers#1 Elmwood · 10%
#47
Most active#1 Youngsville · 19%
#30
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
#129 
People
Most educated#1 Elmwood · 60.6%
#64
Youngest#1 Grambling · 21.2
#30
Oldest#1 Greenwood · 53.5
#134
Most residents 65+#1 Greenwood · 28.9%
#107
Most kids#1 Milton · 37.3%
#40 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Lutcher · 34.8%
#96
Most trails#1 Donaldsonville · 2.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Kaplan · 169 / sq mi
#105 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Winnsboro · 12.8 min
#110 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Richwood · 0.9 yrs
#132
Cheapest rent#1 Haynesville · $432/mo
#99
Lowest property tax#1 Opelousas · $199/yr
#118
Rent easiest to afford#1 Elmwood · 24.1%
Climate
G Mildest winters#1 Galliano · 46.2° #61
Hottest summers#1 Shreveport · 93.5°
#119
Coolest summers#1 Franklin · 90.0°
#49
Longest growing season#1 Marrero · 330 days
#36
Wettest#1 Franklinton · 66 in
#73 Safety
Safest#1 Lake Arthur · 6.4
The number on the right is Maurice’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.