Town · Red River Parish, Louisiana

Coushatta, Louisiana

Coushatta is a town in Red River Parish, Louisiana. It has 1,938 residents. Coushatta, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 1 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,444 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #217 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on reading scores (low), preventable hospital stays (high) and distance to an airport (high).

1Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,444 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #217 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,938 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 580.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2218055

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.

Safety3#15,164/15,637
Economy5#14,911/15,631
Housing32#10,239/14,977
Health7#14,497/15,609
Healthcare12#13,830/15,650
Environment16#12,917/15,453
Education6#14,707/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,633/15,650
Community18#12,848/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,089/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Coushatta, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Red River 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

Effective property tax rate · low0.19%
99/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Louisiana 25.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRed River Parish value
Students per teacher · low10.5×
96/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsRed River Parish value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
96/100Louisiana 5.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRed River Parish value
Average commute time · low16.1 min
86/100Louisiana 25.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · high1.4 /10k
84/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesRed River Parish value

Weaknesses

Reading scores · low2.05
0/100Louisiana 2.74United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRed River Parish value
Preventable hospital stays · high7,829 /100k
0/100Louisiana 3,516 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRed River Parish value
Distance to an airport · high186 mi
1/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauRed River Parish value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Louisiana 13.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationRed River Parish value
Math scores · low2.33
1/100Louisiana 2.71United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRed River Parish value
Adult obesity · high48.2%
1/100Louisiana 42.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,525 (2015-2019) → 1,938 (2020-2024)
−23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
68.4% (2015-2019) → 41.6% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.2% (2015-2019) → 45.6% (2020-2024)
−9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
43.9% (2015-2019) → 34.6% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$22,837 (2015-2019) → $31,250 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
8.5% (2015-2019) → 2.4% (2020-2024)
−6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Coushatta, Louisiana improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved1

Child poverty−27 points68.4% → 41.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Coushatta, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.8 min2015-2019	16.1 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Broadband subscriptions	64.7%2015-2019	67.9%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Child poverty rate	68.4%2015-2019	41.6%2020-2024	−27 points	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	76.5%2015-2019	74.4%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5122015-2019	0.4342020-2024	−0.078	Within the margin of error	92%
Median household income	$22,8372015-2019	$31,2502020-2024	+37%	Within the margin of error	69%
Poverty rate	43.9%2015-2019	34.6%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent as share of income	32.1%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Rent-burdened households	55.2%2015-2019	45.6%2020-2024	−9.5 points	Within the margin of error	82%

“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 Coushatta, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Coushatta, 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.

For comparison, Coushatta, Louisiana itself moved +13.2 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,938 residents (±357)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

766 households (±146)

Coushatta, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k41%†314
$25k–50k36%†276
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

766 households (±146)

Coushatta, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own41%†312
Rent59%454

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

664 workers (±203)

Coushatta, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone87%†579
Carpool4.5%†30
Public transit

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 Red River Parish, the county holding most of Coushatta's residents.

Red River Parish has 129 employer establishments, 175 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Louisiana's), with 1,707 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,390. The Census Bureau also counts 618 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 129; 618 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 175; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 1,707
Average annual pay: $51,390; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	9	12.2	2.20×Too few to compare	146	$26,877	—
Restaurants and other eating places	8	10.9	0.59×Too few to compare	83	$19,253	5
Specialty trade contractors	8	10.9	0.70×Too few to compare	89	$55,798	29
Ambulatory health care services	7	9.5	0.46×Too few to compare	46	$64,130	23
Other specialty trade contractors	6	8.1	3.24×Too few to compare	86	$57,267	10
General merchandise stores	5	6.8	3.84×Too few to compare	55	$20,182	8
Truck transportation	5	6.8	1.34×Too few to compare	47	$54,894	23
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	5.4	1.08×Too few to compare	29	$29,483	16
Banks and credit unions	4	5.4	1.68×Too few to compare	58	$60,345	—
Full-service restaurants	4	5.4	0.71×Too few to compare	52	$20,462	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	4	5.4	0.81×Too few to compare	3	$73,333	14
Services to buildings and dwellings	4	5.4	0.80×Too few to compare	4	$48,250	74

Rank places for an industry Open Red River Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,370 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Coushatta, Louisiana: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

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

Spending by fiscal year

13.7KFY2017
-0.1FY2018

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Coushatta, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Coushatta is mostly in Red River Parish.

See federal money in Red River 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.

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

House

Mike JohnsonR-LA-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.0%

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.

Red River Parish4100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Red River 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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