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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 08/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
Among the 80 largest places in Louisiana, Oak Hills Place has the largest share of adults with a bachelor's degree (70.5%), followed by Old Jefferson and Shenandoah. Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.
Across the 80 places in Louisiana that we cover, the median is 26.2% and the average 27.4%; the figure runs from 70.5% (Oak Hills Place) to 6.0% (Bastrop). That is a spread of 11.7 times between the two ends. The state figure is 27.0%; 39 of the 80 places are above it and 41 at or below.
The first five are Oak Hills Place, Old Jefferson, Shenandoah, Mandeville, Village St. George. A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: read it together with the other measures on the city pages. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.
| # ⇅ | City ⇅ | County ⇅ | Bachelor's degree or higher ⇅ | Population ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Hills Place (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | 70.5% | 9,038 | $92,306 | $1,422 |
| 2 | Old Jefferson (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | 56.7% | 7,860 | $92,075 | $1,357 |
| 3 | Shenandoah (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | 52.7% | 17,998 | $107,021 | $1,201 |
| 4 | Mandeville | Saint Tammany Parish | 49.0% | 12,946 | $94,405 | $1,422 |
| 5 | Village St. George (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | 44.0% | 8,273 | $96,364 | $1,451 |
| 6 | Harahan | Jefferson Parish | 43.3% | 8,904 | $79,516 | $1,082 |
| 7 | New Orleans | Orleans Parish | 42.4% | 371,853 | $56,631 | $1,251 |
| 8 | Prien (unincorporated) | Calcasieu Parish | 42.0% | 7,119 | $87,292 | $1,292 |
| 9 | Metairie (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 41.2% | 139,729 | $73,042 | $1,175 |
| 10 | Lafayette | Lafayette Parish | 41.1% | 121,715 | $61,915 | $1,100 |
| 11 | Destrehan (unincorporated) | Saint Charles Parish | 40.4% | 11,619 | $90,509 | $1,257 |
| 12 | Ruston | Lincoln Parish | 40.1% | 22,284 | $31,120 | $816 |
| 13 | Covington | Saint Tammany Parish | 39.4% | 11,658 | $75,851 | $1,396 |
| 14 | River Ridge (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 38.8% | 13,312 | $84,336 | $1,127 |
| 15 | Prairieville (unincorporated) | Ascension Parish | 37.8% | 35,238 | $104,923 | $1,324 |
| 16 | Youngsville | Lafayette Parish | 37.1% | 17,427 | $105,876 | $1,278 |
| 17 | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge Parish | 36.6% | 222,771 | $49,994 | $1,067 |
| 18 | Broussard | Lafayette Parish | 36.1% | 14,322 | $116,179 | $1,010 |
| 19 | Jefferson (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 35.7% | 9,703 | $57,235 | $1,097 |
| 20 | Claiborne (unincorporated) | Ouachita Parish | 35.5% | 13,308 | $72,420 | $1,206 |
| 21 | Central | East Baton Rouge Parish | 35.3% | 29,783 | $89,554 | $1,309 |
| 22 | Thibodaux | Lafourche Parish | 34.6% | 15,732 | $52,072 | $960 |
| 23 | Fort Polk South (unincorporated) | Vernon Parish | 34.0% | 7,869 | $63,800 | $1,202 |
| 24 | Eden Isle (unincorporated) | Saint Tammany Parish | 33.2% | 7,683 | $78,426 | $1,328 |
| 25 | Zachary | East Baton Rouge Parish | 32.6% | 19,952 | $84,480 | $1,527 |
| 26 | Monroe | Ouachita Parish | 32.4% | 47,004 | $40,505 | $886 |
| 27 | Addis | West Baton Rouge Parish | 32.2% | 7,252 | $108,041 | $1,273 |
| 28 | Slidell | Saint Tammany Parish | 31.4% | 28,561 | $70,497 | $1,375 |
| 29 | Gardere (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | 30.8% | 12,223 | $55,409 | $1,157 |
| 30 | Natchitoches | Natchitoches Parish | 30.3% | 17,577 | $37,133 | $802 |
| 31 | Luling (unincorporated) | Saint Charles Parish | 30.1% | 13,960 | $76,539 | $1,625 |
| 32 | Belle Chasse (unincorporated) | Plaquemines Parish | 29.8% | 10,934 | $115,012 | $1,485 |
| 33 | Lake Charles | Calcasieu Parish | 29.1% | 81,143 | $59,235 | $1,109 |
| 34 | Kenner | Jefferson Parish | 29.1% | 64,904 | $64,020 | $1,179 |
| 35 | Moss Bluff (unincorporated) | Calcasieu Parish | 29.0% | 12,482 | $92,036 | $1,324 |
| 36 | Shreveport | Caddo Parish | 28.5% | 180,982 | $48,699 | $987 |
| 37 | Meraux (unincorporated) | Saint Bernard Parish | 28.4% | 7,918 | $76,021 | $1,055 |
| 38 | Gonzales | Ascension Parish | 28.1% | 13,108 | $75,451 | $1,497 |
| 39 | Hammond | Tangipahoa Parish | 27.7% | 21,539 | $48,166 | $1,061 |
| 40 | Pineville | Rapides Parish | 26.2% | 14,160 | $49,774 | $910 |
| 41 | Alexandria | Rapides Parish | 25.3% | 44,060 | $47,113 | $931 |
| 42 | St. Rose (unincorporated) | Saint Charles Parish | 24.8% | 7,644 | $74,075 | $856 |
| 43 | Bossier City | Bossier Parish | 24.7% | 62,901 | $55,819 | $1,107 |
| 44 | Gretna | Jefferson Parish | 24.5% | 17,389 | $43,110 | $1,060 |
| 45 | Ponchatoula | Tangipahoa Parish | 23.9% | 7,808 | $51,161 | $762 |
| 46 | Houma | Terrebonne Parish | 23.8% | 32,392 | $58,194 | $1,058 |
| 47 | Timberlane (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 23.4% | 10,886 | $65,901 | $1,443 |
| 48 | Denham Springs | Livingston Parish | 23.3% | 9,323 | $71,569 | $1,014 |
| 49 | Scott | Lafayette Parish | 22.3% | 8,609 | $56,299 | $1,052 |
| 50 | West Monroe | Ouachita Parish | 22.0% | 12,729 | $49,386 | $826 |
| 51 | Terrytown (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 21.9% | 24,726 | $51,718 | $1,135 |
| 52 | Crowley | Acadia Parish | 21.0% | 11,422 | $28,642 | $594 |
| 53 | DeRidder | Beauregard Parish | 20.8% | 9,763 | $59,801 | $958 |
| 54 | Baker | East Baton Rouge Parish | 20.6% | 12,253 | $54,750 | $993 |
| 55 | Breaux Bridge | Saint Martin Parish | 20.3% | 7,501 | $47,806 | $891 |
| 56 | Laplace (unincorporated) | Saint John the Baptist Parish | 19.6% | 28,343 | $69,030 | $1,351 |
| 57 | Bayou Cane (unincorporated) | Terrebonne Parish | 19.3% | 21,253 | $74,350 | $1,101 |
| 58 | Harvey (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 19.1% | 20,915 | $48,774 | $1,190 |
| 59 | Estelle (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 18.8% | 16,341 | $78,869 | $1,442 |
| 60 | Waggaman (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 17.9% | 11,330 | $68,374 | $1,510 |
| 61 | Raceland (unincorporated) | Lafourche Parish | 17.5% | 9,585 | $60,286 | $629 |
| 62 | New Iberia | Iberia Parish | 17.3% | 27,571 | $47,087 | $894 |
| 63 | Woodmere (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 17.1% | 11,879 | $75,828 | $1,382 |
| 64 | Merrydale (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | 16.9% | 9,490 | $41,500 | $1,311 |
| 65 | Sulphur | Calcasieu Parish | 16.9% | 20,775 | $61,760 | $994 |
| 66 | Westwego | Jefferson Parish | 16.9% | 8,335 | $46,261 | $1,049 |
| 67 | Minden | Webster Parish | 16.7% | 11,455 | $34,294 | $895 |
| 68 | Jennings | Jefferson Davis Parish | 16.0% | 9,553 | $48,558 | $881 |
| 69 | Carencro | Lafayette Parish | 15.9% | 11,619 | $63,401 | $944 |
| 70 | Bayou Blue (unincorporated) | Lafourche Parish | 15.5% | 12,218 | $63,958 | $1,107 |
| 71 | Morgan City | Saint Mary Parish | 15.3% | 11,064 | $56,474 | $917 |
| 72 | Marrero (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 14.3% | 32,540 | $41,402 | $1,042 |
| 73 | Eunice | Saint Landry Parish | 14.2% | 9,239 | $35,436 | $799 |
| 74 | Chalmette (unincorporated) | Saint Bernard Parish | 13.6% | 22,616 | $54,904 | $1,110 |
| 75 | Bogalusa | Washington Parish | 12.0% | 10,468 | $30,749 | $767 |
| 76 | Opelousas | Saint Landry Parish | 10.7% | 15,495 | $32,964 | $717 |
| 77 | Reserve (unincorporated) | Saint John the Baptist Parish | 10.3% | 7,791 | $55,450 | $1,381 |
| 78 | Abbeville | Vermilion Parish | 10.2% | 11,003 | $33,015 | $829 |
| 79 | Bridge City (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | 7.7% | 7,297 | $57,031 | $1,281 |
| 80 | Bastrop | Morehouse Parish | 6.0% | 9,232 | $32,605 | $839 |
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Oak Hills Place, with 70.5% (among the 80 largest places; ACS 2020–2024).
The 80 largest places in Louisiana by population.