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Place dossier plate
SheetLA-LAROSE-LA Β· Larose, LA 5,937 pop Β· income 51st 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 Larose
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Larose on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Tallulah Β· lowest
32,624
Tallulah Β· lowest
32,624 median HH income
22.6% of the leader Β· rank #1
Larose Β· this city
71,250
Larose Β· this city
71,250 median HH income
49.3% of the leader Β· rank #2
Whatley Β· near
71,250
Whatley Β· near
71,250 median HH income
49.3% of the leader Β· rank #3
Gay Β· near
71,250
Gay Β· near
71,250 median HH income
49.3% of the leader Β· rank #4
Pine Lake Β· near
71,250
Pine Lake Β· near
71,250 median HH income
49.3% of the leader Β· rank #5
Deary Β· near
71,250
Deary Β· near
71,250 median HH income
49.3% of the leader Β· rank #6
Carver Β· highest
144,408
Carver Β· highest
144,408 median HH income
100.0% of the leader Β· 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 Larose 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: 5,937.
Nationally, Larose sits in the 51st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
51st
percentile, household income
37th
percentile, home value
16th
percentile, median rent
π 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: Larose, LA
5,937 people live in Larose, Louisiana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $71,250 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 13.6%. Larose's housing stock carries a median value of $181,600, and the median resident age is 42.1 years. About 12.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 54.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 3 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Louisiana run below the national norm: the state registers 88.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,007 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Louisiana run around $212, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Larose'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 housing and income to schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Larose, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Larose?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 12.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
What does the journey to work look like in Larose?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Larose?
Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are Elmwood (6,022 residents, $83,268 income); Schriever (6,052 residents, $58,950 income); Inniswold (6,061 residents, $101,149 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Carver, MN (5,935 residents); Barbecue, NC (5,933 residents); Pass Christian, MS (5,942 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.
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.
Above median income Β· poverty 13.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.2 (US=100)
Very affordable Β· BEA RPP 2024, Louisiana average
D
City profile score Β· Larose, LA
47/100
4 published dimensions Β· 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 β national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income C-
$71,250
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop β₯1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
13.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.1%
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).
Larose profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) Β· 88.2 index
Household income: 51/100 (C-) Β· $71,250
Poverty rate: 25/100 (F) Β· 13.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 12/100 (F) Β· 12.1%
How does Larose compare to other US cities?
Larose measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income51% higher than other cities
Home value37% pricier 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 Larose 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 Larose near the bottom of Louisiana's cities
Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Larose ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Larose only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#93 of 426
78th percentile in Louisiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Median Home Value
#146 of 419
65th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#250 of 475
47th percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#287 of 477
39th 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
51st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Larose's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$181,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 63% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates Β· 2023
Larose's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.5Γ
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0Γ
National rank
#4,255 of 15,516
More affordable than 73% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,814 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.5Γ, Larose sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,255 of 15,516 and #3,814 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value Γ· median household income for cities with both fields and population β₯ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0β5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$71,250Larose, LA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Larose, 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 Larose, LA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,937
Median Income
$71,250
Median Home Value
$181,600
Median Age
42.1
Poverty Rate
13.6%
Labor force participation
54.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.1%
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.2%
Carpool
12.0%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
6.6%
Based on 2,542 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 Larose. 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 Larose 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 Larose sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Larose 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, NCES CCD, 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.