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SheetLA-PRESQUILLE-LA · Presquille, LA 1,885 pop · income 77th 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 Presquille
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Presquille on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Coushatta · lowest
29,477
Coushatta · lowest
29,477 median HH income
29.6% of the leader · rank #1
Perkasie · near
99,474
Perkasie · near
99,474 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Scappoose · near
99,475
Scappoose · near
99,475 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Perry · near
99,478
Perry · near
99,478 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Presquille · this city
99,479
Presquille · this city
99,479 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Sugar Hill · highest
99,479
Sugar Hill · highest
99,479 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 Presquille 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: 1,885.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Presquille lands in the 77th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
77th
percentile, household income
57th
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: Presquille, LA
Louisiana's Presquille is a small town, with 1,885 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Presquille report a median income of $99,479 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.7%. Home values in Presquille run a median of $258,500, and the median resident age is 32.3 years. Educational attainment runs 16.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 60.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Louisiana run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Louisiana at 88.2 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). 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). 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 Presquille'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 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 Presquille, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Presquille?
Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are Erath (1,865 residents, $45,526 income); Livingston (1,860 residents, $78,056 income); North Vacherie (1,933 residents, $37,941 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Macedon, NY (1,885 residents); Marriott-Slaterville, UT (1,885 residents); South Creek, WA (1,885 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 Presquille?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.7%, 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Presquille?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 98.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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 A
1.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B+
$99,479
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.6%
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).
Presquille profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) · 88.2 index
Poverty rate: 88/100 (A) · 1.7%
Household income: 77/100 (B+) · $99,479
Bachelor's+ share: 24/100 (F) · 16.6%
How does Presquille compare to other US cities?
Presquille measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income77% higher than other cities
Home value57% 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 Presquille 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 Presquille near the bottom of Louisiana's cities
Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Presquille ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Presquille only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#28 of 426
93rd percentile in Louisiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Median Home Value
#46 of 419
89th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#432 of 475
9th percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#199 of 477
58th 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
77th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Presquille's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$258,50043rd percentilemore affordable than 43% 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
Presquille's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,496 of 15,516
More affordable than 71% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,001 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.6×, Presquille sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,496 of 15,516 and #4,001 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
$99,479Presquille, LA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Presquille, 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 Presquille, LA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,885
Median Income
$99,479
Median Home Value
$258,500
Median Age
32.3
Poverty Rate
1.7%
Labor force participation
60.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
98.6%
Carpool
1.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 727 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 Presquille. 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 Presquille 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 Presquille sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Presquille 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.