Town · Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Jonesville, Louisiana

Jonesville is a town in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. It has 1,288 residents. Jonesville, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 0 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,590 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #246 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), public libraries (high) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and primary care physicians (low).

0Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,590 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #246 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,288 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 672.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 2238775

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.

Safety19#12,621/15,637
Economy6#14,629/15,631
Housing16#12,655/14,977
Health3#15,172/15,609
Healthcare3#15,183/15,650
Environment22#12,036/15,453
Education18#12,865/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,311/15,650
Community17#12,943/15,651
Leisure & amenities2#15,288/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Pharmacies · high6.1 /10k
100/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCatahoula Parish value
Public libraries · high3.6 /10k
97/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCatahoula Parish value
Social associations · high17.8 /10k
96/100Louisiana 9.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCatahoula Parish value
Students per teacher · low10.7×
96/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCatahoula Parish value
Job growth · high2.6%
92/100Louisiana -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCatahoula Parish value
Property crime rate · low658 /100k
79/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCatahoula Parish value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$788
1/100Louisiana $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCatahoula Parish value
Access to exercise opportunities · low15.4%
1/100Louisiana 75.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCatahoula Parish value
Primary care physicians · low12 /100k
1/100Louisiana 71 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCatahoula Parish value
Math scores · low2.35
1/100Louisiana 2.71United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCatahoula Parish value
Child poverty rate · high58.6%
2/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Homicide rate · high16.7 /100k
2/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataCatahoula Parish value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,691 (2015-2019) → 1,288 (2020-2024)
−24%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
48.9% (2015-2019) → 81.6% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$25,486 (2015-2019) → $43,684 (2020-2024)
+71%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
36.8% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
17.8% (2015-2019) → 6.4% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
16.4% (2015-2019) → 5.7% (2020-2024)
−11 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, Jonesville, Louisiana improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved2

Broadband+33 points48.9% → 81.6%
Inequality−0.1650.528 → 0.363

Declined1

Rent / income+14 points36.8% → 51.0%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Jonesville, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.6 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	37%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Broadband subscriptions	48.9%2015-2019	81.6%2020-2024	+33 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	53.0%2015-2019	58.6%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	69.8%2015-2019	76.6%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5282015-2019	0.3632020-2024	−0.165	Improved	99%
Median household income	$25,4862015-2019	$43,6842020-2024	+71%	Within the margin of error	95%
Poverty rate	33.8%2015-2019	34.3%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	36.8%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+14 points	Declined	5%

“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 Jonesville, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jonesville, 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, Jonesville, Louisiana itself moved +14.4 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

1,288 residents (±303)

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

572 households (±139)

Jonesville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k26%†151
$25k–50k27%†152
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

572 households (±139)

Jonesville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own71%405
Rent29%†167

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

365 workers (±137)

Jonesville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone83%†303
Carpool3.3%†12
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 Catahoula Parish, the county holding most of Jonesville's residents.

Catahoula Parish has 175 employer establishments, 206 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Louisiana's), with 1,401 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,353. The Census Bureau also counts 631 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 175; 631 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 206; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 1,401
Average annual pay: $40,353; US $68,342

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

Management, scientific and technical consulting	29	34.2	5.10×More than typical	50	$40,540	14
Religious organizations	15	17.7	3.19×More than typical	41	$29,805	—
Ambulatory health care services	8	9.4	0.45×Too few to compare	186	$26,145	12
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	7.1	1.41×Too few to compare	18	$21,889	17
Banks and credit unions	6	7.1	2.19×Too few to compare	61	$53,082	—
Gasoline stations	6	7.1	2.18×Too few to compare	65	$21,138	—
Restaurants and other eating places	6	7.1	0.39×Too few to compare	29	$17,621	10
Construction of buildings	5	5.9	0.78×Too few to compare	11	$57,545	12
Health and personal care stores	5	5.9	2.23×Too few to compare	37	$27,892	10
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	5.9	1.34×Too few to compare	11	$35,727	8
General merchandise stores	4	4.7	2.67×Too few to compare	31	$21,129	3
Pharmacies and drug stores	4	4.7	3.80×Too few to compare	33	$30,182	—

Rank places for an industry Open Catahoula Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,475 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Catahoula 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.

Jonesville, 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.

Catahoula Parish0100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Catahoula 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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