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SheetLA-EROS-LA · Eros, LA 322 pop · income 2nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Eros
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Eros on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
East Hodge · lowest
26,146
East Hodge · lowest
26,146 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #1
Salineño · near
27,016
Salineño · near
27,016 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #2
Indian Hills · near
27,019
Indian Hills · near
27,019 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #3
Waldo · near
27,036
Waldo · near
27,036 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #4
Eros · this city
27,045
Eros · this city
27,045 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #5
Fránquez comu… · near
27,056
Fránquez comu… · near
27,056 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #6
Rock Hill · highest
119,167
Rock Hill · highest
119,167 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Eros on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 322.
Nationally, Eros sits in the 2nd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
2nd
percentile, household income
16th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Eros, LA
Eros is a small town in Louisiana, home to 322 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Eros households earn a median of $27,045 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 23.7%. The median resident age is 27.9 years. About 4.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 42.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Louisiana run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Louisiana scores 88.2 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,007 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $212 across Louisiana, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 62.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Eros's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Eros, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Eros?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 48.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +11 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.5% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Which cities make useful reference points for Eros?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are East Hodge (318 residents, $26,146 income); Gilbert (318 residents, $49,750 income); Clarence (317 residents, $40,313 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Alford, FL (322 residents); Kings, IL (322 residents); Latham, IL (322 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 23.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.2 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Louisiana average
F
City profile score · Eros, LA
25/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
88.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
23.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$27,045
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Eros profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) · 88.2 index
Poverty rate: 8/100 (F) · 23.7%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $27,045
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.5%
How does Eros compare to other US cities?
Here's how Eros stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income2% higher than other cities
Median rent16% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Eros against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Louisiana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Louisiana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Eros near the bottom of Louisiana's cities
Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Eros ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Eros only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#377 of 426
12th percentile in Louisiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#135 of 475
72nd percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#424 of 477
11th percentile in Louisiana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Louisiana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
2nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$27,045Eros, LA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Eros, LA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Eros, LA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)23.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)42.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
322
Median Income
$27,045
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
27.9
Poverty Rate
23.7%
Labor force participation
42.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.5%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Eros's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
130 residents
2021
130 residents
2022
131 residents
2023
135 residents
2024
139 residents
2025
141 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
48.6%
Carpool
15.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
32.4%
Work from Home
1.9%
Other
1.9%
Based on 105 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Louisiana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $212
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Louisiana at $212 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Louisiana statewide averages, not a meter reading for Eros. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Louisiana's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.2 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Eros is $1,007/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Louisiana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 62.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Louisiana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Eros sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Eros compares to similar-size Louisiana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.