City · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

DeQuincy, Louisiana

DeQuincy is a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, part of the Lake Charles, LA metro area. It has 2,931 residents. DeQuincy, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,635 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #139 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), child poverty rate (high) and mental health care shortage (high).

6Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,635 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #139 of 262 in LA
Population: 2,931 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 918.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 2220575

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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#15,119/15,637
Economy26#11,626/15,631
Housing39#9,115/14,977
Health7#14,504/15,609
Healthcare48#8,086/15,650
Environment9#14,098/15,453
Education9#14,274/15,649
Infrastructure4#15,075/15,650
Community11#13,900/15,651
Leisure & amenities68#5,035/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where DeQuincy, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Calcasieu 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 · low0.21%
99/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
90/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalcasieu Parish value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
85/100Louisiana 30 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCalcasieu Parish value
Unemployment rate · low1.9%
84/100Louisiana 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Comfortable days · high30.6%
81/100Louisiana 29.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCalcasieu Parish value
Students per teacher · low12.4×
79/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCalcasieu Parish value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low5.9%
2/100Louisiana 27.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Child poverty rate · high24.2%
3/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Louisiana 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCalcasieu Parish value
Violent crime rate · high613 /100k
4/100Louisiana 515 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCalcasieu Parish value
Depression · high30.0%
5/100Louisiana 27.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an airport · high126 mi
5/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCalcasieu Parish value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,143 (2015-2019) → 2,931 (2020-2024)
−6.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
2.9 /1k (2021) → 5.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+77%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
42.8% (2015-2019) → 33.5% (2020-2024)
−9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
18.7% (2015-2019) → 26.0% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
12.6% (2015-2019) → 5.9% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
14.9% (2015-2019) → 8.8% (2020-2024)
−6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, DeQuincy, Louisiana improved on 0 of 7 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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 7 measures

Change of every measure of DeQuincy, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.2 min2015-2019	29.6 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	78.3%2015-2019	76.9%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	78.6%2015-2019	76.5%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4382015-2019	0.4792020-2024	+0.041	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$52,2792015-2019	$44,2812020-2024	−15%	Within the margin of error	2%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	42.8%2015-2019	33.5%2020-2024	−9.3 points	Within the margin of error	81%

“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 DeQuincy, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of DeQuincy, 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 DeQuincy, Louisiana five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, DeQuincy, Louisiana itself moved −14.9 points in standing on average over the same 6 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

2,931 residents (±14)

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: 20–29 men (−10.5 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

2,931 residents (±14)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White83%2,434
Black14%†399
Hispanic or Latino0.8%†24

Education

2,325 residents (±204)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma24%†547
High school or GED55%1,277
Some college8.8%†204

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

1,245 households (±187)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k40%†494
$25k–50k20%†247
$50k–75k13%†160
$75k–100k9.6%†119
$100k–150k9.2%†115
$150k–200k7.6%†95
$200k or more1.2%†15

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

1,245 households (±187)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own60%†751
Rent40%†494

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

473 households (±159)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75047%†222
$750–1,00033%†155
$1,000–1,50020%†96

Home values

751 homes (±228)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k57%†431
$150k–250k36%†270
$250k–400k2.0%†15

Age of homes

1,555 homes (±216)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later12%†179
2000–20094.8%†75
1980–199913%†199

Size of homes

1,555 homes (±216)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom10%†159
2 bedrooms33%†511

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

976 workers (±268)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone80%779
Carpool0.7%†7
Public transit0.0%0
Walk7.8%†76
Bike9.8%†96
Work from home0.0%0
Other1.8%†18

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−14.6 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

976 workers (±268)

DeQuincy, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min27%†259
15–29 min25%†242
30–44 min17%†168

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lake Charles, LA

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 Calcasieu Parish, the county holding most of DeQuincy's residents.

Calcasieu Parish has 4,705 employer establishments, 230 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Louisiana's), with 75,412 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,686. The Census Bureau also counts 15,638 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,705; 15,638 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 230; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 75,412
Average annual pay: $56,686; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	411	20.1	0.96×About typical	5,339	$62,600	759
Restaurants and other eating places	337	16.5	0.90×About typical	6,296	$20,674	91
Specialty trade contractors	266	13	0.84×About typical	3,398	$57,540	1,065
Limited-service restaurants	167	8.2	1.02×About typical	3,156	$18,467	38
Lessors of real estate	160	7.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	524	$50,910	1,441
Gasoline stations	158	7.7	2.38×More than typical	1,072	$26,943	6
Religious organizations	149	7.3	1.31×More than typical	1,246	$22,679	—
Offices of physicians	137	6.7	1.03×About typical	1,666	$92,823	149
Building equipment contractors	134	6.5	1.09×About typical	1,527	$65,204	174
Legal services	131	6.4	1.19×About typical	814	$115,268	154
Offices of other health practitioners	124	6.1	1.00×About typical	1,342	$46,358	301
Full-service restaurants	118	5.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	2,761	$23,315	32

Rank places for an industry Open Calcasieu Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 204,628 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 $2,541 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in DeQuincy, Louisiana: $0.87 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $2,541
Per resident: $0.87; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Aviation Administration$2,43696%
Defense Information Systems Agency$1054.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

14.4KFY2017
8.9KFY2018
13.1KFY2019
13.3KFY2020
21.4KFY2021
28.4KFY2022
18KFY2023
7.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$2,43696%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$1054.1%

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 DeQuincy, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

DeQuincy, Louisiana's figures are part of those of Calcasieu Parish, LA ($13M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Calcasieu 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.

DeQuincy, Louisiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

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

Calcasieu Parish27100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lake Charles, LA26

Other cities and towns in Calcasieu 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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