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SheetLA-MAURICE-LA · Maurice, LA 2,382 pop · income 66th 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 Maurice
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Maurice on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Window Rock · lowest
44,918
Window Rock · lowest
44,918 median HH income
22.6% of the leader · rank #1
Muncy · near
84,096
Muncy · near
84,096 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #2
Charter Oak · near
84,101
Charter Oak · near
84,101 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #3
Maurice · this city
84,107
Maurice · this city
84,107 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #4
Hanover · near
84,115
Hanover · near
84,115 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #5
Dollars Corner · near
84,118
Dollars Corner · near
84,118 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #6
Adamstown · highest
198,993
Adamstown · highest
198,993 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 Maurice 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: 2,382.
Nationally, Maurice sits in the 66th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
66th
percentile, household income
54th
percentile, home value
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: Maurice, LA
Louisiana's Maurice is a small town, with 2,382 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Maurice brings in $84,107 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.1%. Home values in Maurice run a median of $243,600, and the median resident age is 32.7 years. About 23.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 59.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 76 residential building permits were authorized in Maurice (Construction Slowdown), down 34% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,007 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Louisiana's average monthly utility costs around $212 (state average). Commute times here average 22.4 minutes, with 72.5% driving alone and 8.6% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 62.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Maurice'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 schools and households to population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Maurice, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Maurice?
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 23.1% 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.
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,030 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +47.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 76 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Maurice?
Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are Bourg (2,386 residents, $100,043 income); Stonewall (2,394 residents, $56,016 income); Poydras (2,395 residents, $53,506 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Gunter, TX (2,382 residents); Fredonia, WI (2,382 residents); Adamstown, MD (2,381 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Maurice?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.1%, 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.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Maurice?
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 72.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.4 minutes.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
8.6%
Drive alone
72.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,028 workers age 16+.
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 B+
3.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C+
$84,107
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.1%
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).
Maurice profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) · 88.2 index
Poverty rate: 78/100 (B+) · 3.1%
Household income: 63/100 (C+) · $84,107
Bachelor's+ share: 43/100 (D) · 23.1%
How does Maurice compare to other US cities?
Here's how Maurice stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income66% higher than other cities
Home value54% 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 Maurice 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 Maurice near the bottom of Louisiana's cities
Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Maurice ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Maurice only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#53 of 426
88th percentile in Louisiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Median Home Value
#58 of 419
86th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#419 of 475
12th percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#108 of 477
77th 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
66th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Maurice's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$243,60046th percentilemore affordable than 46% 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 · 2023
Maurice's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,106 of 15,516
More affordable than 61% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,237 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.9×, Maurice sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,106 of 15,516 and #5,237 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 ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$84,107Maurice, LA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Maurice, 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 Maurice, LA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,382
Median Income
$84,107
Median Home Value
$243,600
Median Age
32.7
Poverty Rate
3.1%
Labor force participation
59.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.1%
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Maurice's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,185 residents
2021
2,300 residents
2022
2,520 residents
2023
2,807 residents
2024
3,059 residents
2025
3,215 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
76
housing units authorized
Single-Family
76
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
31.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
116
116
0
$17.4M
2020
54
54
0
$8.0M
2021
104
104
0
$18.6M
2022
127
127
0
$19.7M
2023
108
108
0
$17.5M
2024
76
76
0
$12.1M
Permit volume decreased 34% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.4 minutes
Drive Alone
72.5%
Carpool
16.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.8%
Work from Home
8.6%
Other
0.9%
Based on 1,028 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 Maurice. 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 Maurice 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 Maurice sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Maurice 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 BPS 2024, 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.