Census-designated place · Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

Banks Springs, Louisiana

Banks Springs is a census-designated place in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. It has 1,406 residents. Banks Springs, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,222 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #189 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on firearm deaths (low), pharmacies (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), poverty rate (high) and median household income (low).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,222 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #189 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,406 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 448.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 2204230

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety51#7,735/15,637
Economy1#15,402/15,631
Housing—
Health2#15,262/15,609
Healthcare12#13,795/15,650
Environment32#10,497/15,453
Education9#14,230/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,573/15,650
Community12#13,780/15,651
Leisure & amenities34#10,338/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Banks Springs, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Caldwell Parish value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Louisiana 19.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCaldwell Parish value
Pharmacies · high3.2 /10k
97/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCaldwell Parish value
Students per teacher · low10.7×
95/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCaldwell Parish value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCaldwell Parish value
Time spent in the emergency room · low124 min
85/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCaldwell Parish value
Job growth · high1.2%
81/100Louisiana -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCaldwell Parish value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high8,843 /100k
0/100Louisiana 3,516 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCaldwell Parish value
Poverty rate · high65.3%
1/100Louisiana 18.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Median household income · low$26,232
1/100Louisiana $61,038United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Bachelor's degree or higher · low4.8%
1/100Louisiana 27.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Average weekly wage · low$826
1/100Louisiana $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCaldwell Parish value
Child poverty rate · high90.7%
2/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,142 (2015-2019) → 1,406 (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
33.2% (2015-2019) → 6.3% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.8% (2015-2019) → 58.3% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
15.0 min (2015-2019) → 26.4 min (2020-2024)
+76%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Unemployment rateImproving
23.4% (2015-2019) → 11.2% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.7% (2015-2019) → 31.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Banks Springs, Louisiana improved on 0 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Banks Springs, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	54.7%2015-2019	55.9%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Child poverty rate	80.0%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	75.1%2015-2019	66.8%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5492015-2019	0.4292020-2024	−0.120	Within the margin of error	98%
Median household income	$22,1882015-2019	$26,2322020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	30%
Poverty rate	57.0%2015-2019	65.3%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	36.8%2015-2019	58.3%2020-2024	+22 points	Within the margin of error	7%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Banks Springs, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Banks Springs, Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Banks Springs, Louisiana five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Banks Springs, Louisiana itself moved −4.9 points in standing on average over the same 5 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,406 residents (±326)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (−8.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,406 residents (±326)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White21%†291
Black78%†1,092
Hispanic or Latino1.6%†

Education

1,068 residents (±258)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma33%†355
High school or GED42%†447
Some college19%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

426 households (±113)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k42%†178
$25k–50k44%†186
$50k–75k6.6%†28
$75k–100k0.0%0
$100k–150k8.0%†34
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

426 households (±113)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own38%†162
Rent62%†264

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

264 households (±107)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75078%†207
$750–1,0008.7%†23
$1,000–1,50013%†

Home values

162 homes (±66)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k78%†127
$150k–250k22%†35
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

582 homes (±138)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later10%†61
2000–200913%†73
1980–199943%†253

Size of homes

582 homes (±138)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.0%†23
2 bedrooms39%†226

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

449 workers (±147)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone90%†405
Carpool0.4%†2
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other9.4%†42

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

449 workers (±147)

Banks Springs, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min28%†125
15–29 min2.2%†10
30–44 min65%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Caldwell Parish, the county holding most of Banks Springs's residents.

Caldwell Parish has 184 employer establishments, 195 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Louisiana's), with 1,763 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,880. The Census Bureau also counts 707 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 184; 707 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 195; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 1,763
Average annual pay: $39,880; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Caldwell Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Management, scientific and technical consulting	21	22.3	3.32×More than typical	22	$43,409	28
Ambulatory health care services	12	12.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	108	$75,824	28
Specialty trade contractors	12	12.7	0.82×About typical	28	$37,036	63
Religious organizations	10	10.6	1.91×More than typical	51	$17,000	—
Restaurants and other eating places	9	9.6	0.52×Too few to compare	87	$17,425	—
Legal services	8	8.5	1.58×Too few to compare	17	$38,294	8
Individual and family services	6	6.4	2.28×Too few to compare	293	$19,734	4
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	5	5.3	1.30×Too few to compare	32	$27,094	9
Banks and credit unions	5	5.3	1.64×Too few to compare	100	$63,560	—
Construction of buildings	5	5.3	0.70×Too few to compare	11	$52,273	18
Full-service restaurants	5	5.3	0.69×Too few to compare	15	$18,667	—
General merchandise stores	5	5.3	3.00×Too few to compare	38	$20,000	4

Rank places for an industry Open Caldwell Parish

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,415 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$116 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Banks Springs, Louisiana: -$0.08 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: -$116; −104% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.08; US $2,008
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

RCG OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC-$1160.0%

Spending by fiscal year

21.3FY2017
104KFY2018
132.1KFY2019
-120.7FY2020
2.4KFY2021
4.4KFY2022
36.3KFY2023
-1.6KFY2024
2.6K

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Banks Springs, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Banks Springs is mostly in Caldwell Parish.

See federal money in Caldwell Parish

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Banks Springs, Louisiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Julia LetlowR-LA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 5.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Caldwell Parish3100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Caldwell Parish

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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