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SheetLA-TANGIPAHOA-LA · Tangipahoa, LA 495 pop · income 0th 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 Tangipahoa
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Tangipahoa on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
South Mansfie… · lowest
15,592
South Mansfie… · lowest
15,592 median HH income
9.9% of the leader · rank #1
Ponce zona ur… · near
18,650
Ponce zona ur… · near
18,650 median HH income
11.8% of the leader · rank #2
Tangipahoa · this city
18,750
Tangipahoa · this city
18,750 median HH income
11.9% of the leader · rank #3
Rincón comuni… · near
18,750
Rincón comuni… · near
18,750 median HH income
11.9% of the leader · rank #4
Jauca comunid… · near
18,807
Jauca comunid… · near
18,807 median HH income
11.9% of the leader · rank #5
Morgan City · near
18,833
Morgan City · near
18,833 median HH income
11.9% of the leader · rank #6
Sharon · highest
158,146
Sharon · highest
158,146 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 Tangipahoa 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: 495.
Tangipahoa ranks in the 0th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
0th
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: Tangipahoa, LA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 495 residents in Tangipahoa, a small town within Louisiana. Tangipahoa households earn a median of $18,750 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 65.5%. The median resident age is 24.4 years. 8.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 39.9% 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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,007 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $212 across Louisiana, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Tangipahoa'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 work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Tangipahoa, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Tangipahoa?
Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are Siracusaville (498 residents, $75,201 income); Longville (491 residents, $29,483 income); Sun (491 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Del Muerto, AZ (495 residents); Sharon, CT (495 residents); Dubois, ID (495 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Tangipahoa?
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 67.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is Tangipahoa growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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 +27 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.3% 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 65.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.2 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Louisiana average
F
City profile score · Tangipahoa, LA
23/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
8.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$18,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
65.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Tangipahoa profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) · 88.2 index
Bachelor's+ share: 1/100 (F) · 8.1%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $18,750
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 65.5%
How does Tangipahoa compare to other US cities?
Here's how Tangipahoa stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% 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 Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa near the bottom of Louisiana's cities
Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Tangipahoa ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Tangipahoa only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#415 of 426
3rd percentile in Louisiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#5 of 475
99th percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#369 of 477
23rd 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
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$18,750Tangipahoa, LA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Tangipahoa, 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 Tangipahoa, LA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)65.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)39.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
495
Median Income
$18,750
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
24.4
Poverty Rate
65.5%
Labor force participation
39.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
8.1%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Tangipahoa's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
429 residents
2021
437 residents
2022
441 residents
2023
444 residents
2024
452 residents
2025
456 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.2%
Carpool
11.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.1%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
17.2%
Based on 122 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 Tangipahoa. 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 Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Tangipahoa 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.