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Place dossier plate
SheetLA-OSSUN-LA · Ossun, LA 1,940 pop · income 8th 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 Ossun
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ossun on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Coushatta · lowest
29,477
Coushatta · lowest
29,477 median HH income
21.2% of the leader · rank #1
Kensett · near
40,278
Kensett · near
40,278 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #2
Farmville · near
40,282
Farmville · near
40,282 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #3
Ossun · this city
40,283
Ossun · this city
40,283 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #4
Lindale · near
40,283
Lindale · near
40,283 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #5
Georgetown · near
40,283
Georgetown · near
40,283 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #6
Pimlico · highest
138,833
Pimlico · highest
138,833 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 Ossun 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: 1,940.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Ossun places in the 8th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
8th
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: Ossun, LA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,940 residents in Ossun, a small town within Louisiana. Households in Ossun report a median income of $40,283 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 12.1%. The median resident age is 37.1 years. Educational attainment runs 15.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.7% 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. 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). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 62.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Ossun'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Ossun, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Ossun?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 51.8%. 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 Ossun?
Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are Paulina (1,939 residents, $89,053 income); Coushatta (1,945 residents, $29,477 income); North Vacherie (1,933 residents, $37,941 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Grove Hill, AL (1,940 residents); Atlantis, FL (1,940 residents); Roseville, OH (1,940 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 12.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.2 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Louisiana average
F
City profile score · Ossun, LA
37/100
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
12.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$40,283
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Ossun profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) · 88.2 index
Poverty rate: 31/100 (F) · 12.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 22/100 (F) · 15.7%
Household income: 7/100 (F) · $40,283
How does Ossun compare to other US cities?
Here's how Ossun stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income8% 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 Ossun 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 Ossun near the bottom of Louisiana's cities
Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ossun ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ossun only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#296 of 426
31st percentile in Louisiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#275 of 475
42nd percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#217 of 477
54th 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
8th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$40,283Ossun, LA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Ossun, 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 Ossun, LA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,940
Median Income
$40,283
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
37.1
Poverty Rate
12.1%
Labor force participation
68.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
51.8%
Carpool
22.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
23.1%
Other
2.3%
Based on 1,119 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 Ossun. 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 Ossun 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 Ossun sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Ossun 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.