Town · Allen Parish, Louisiana

Kinder, Louisiana

Kinder is a town in Allen Parish, Louisiana. It has 2,317 residents. Kinder, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,398 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #210 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), effective property tax rate (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), child poverty rate (high) and poverty rate (high).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,398 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #210 of 262 in LA
Population: 2,317 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 419.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2239755

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.

Safety41#9,163/15,637
Economy1#15,417/15,631
Housing21#11,850/14,977
Health2#15,370/15,609
Healthcare16#13,174/15,650
Environment24#11,816/15,453
Education15#13,375/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,645/15,650
Community15#13,246/15,651
Leisure & amenities3#15,199/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Students per teacher · low10.7×
95/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAllen Parish value
Effective property tax rate · low0.38%
95/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAllen Parish value
Time spent in the emergency room · low110 min
92/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAllen Parish value
Public libraries · high1.8 /10k
89/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAllen Parish value
Pharmacies · high2.2 /10k
82/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAllen Parish value

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.4 /10k
1/100Louisiana 5.0 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAllen Parish value
Child poverty rate · high45.9%
2/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Poverty rate · high33.7%
2/100Louisiana 18.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Preventable hospital stays · high4,926 /100k
2/100Louisiana 3,516 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAllen Parish value
Flu vaccinations · low23.0%
2/100Louisiana 38.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAllen Parish value
Distance to an airport · high153 mi
2/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAllen Parish value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,751 (2015-2019) → 2,317 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.0% (2015-2019) → 69.3% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
16.1% (2015-2019) → 45.9% (2020-2024)
+30 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
21.1% (2015-2019) → 42.2% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
15.0% (2015-2019) → 33.7% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.7× (2015-2019) → 2.8× (2020-2024)
+63%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Kinder, Louisiana improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined4

Poverty+19 points15.0% → 33.7%
Child poverty+30 points16.1% → 45.9%
Rent / income+21 points21.1% → 42.2%
Rent burden+34 points35.0% → 69.3%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Kinder, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.0 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	+3.2 min	Within the margin of error	18%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	78.0%2015-2019	83.9%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Child poverty rate	16.1%2015-2019	45.9%2020-2024	+30 points	Declined	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.28%2015-2019	0.38%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	79.8%2015-2019	82.3%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4392015-2019	0.4492020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$45,7212015-2019	$42,1002020-2024	−7.9%	Within the margin of error	4%
Poverty rate	15.0%2015-2019	33.7%2020-2024	+19 points	Declined	1%
Rent as share of income	21.1%2015-2019	42.2%2020-2024	+21 points	Declined	2%
Rent-burdened households	35.0%2015-2019	69.3%2020-2024	+34 points	Declined	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.0%2015-2019	5.5%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	80%

“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 Kinder, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kinder, 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, Kinder, Louisiana itself moved −27.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,317 residents (±501)

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

900 households (±177)

Kinder, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k33%†301
$25k–50k20%†180
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

900 households (±177)

Kinder, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own57%517
Rent43%†383

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

889 workers (±256)

Kinder, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone76%†675
Carpool21%†189
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 Allen Parish, the county holding most of Kinder's residents.

Allen Parish has 310 employer establishments, 138 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.58× Louisiana's), with 3,450 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,061. The Census Bureau also counts 1,272 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 310; 1,272 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 138; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 3,450
Average annual pay: $47,061; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	25	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	307	$42,107	55
Religious organizations	25	11.1	2.00×More than typical	120	$17,258	—
Restaurants and other eating places	22	9.8	0.53×Fewer than typical	343	$17,292	15
Gasoline stations	15	6.7	2.05×More than typical	127	$26,339	—
Limited-service restaurants	13	5.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	276	$16,399	6
General merchandise stores	11	4.9	2.76×More than typical	245	$31,649	9
Traveler accommodation	10	4.4	2.46×More than typical	21	$18,476	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	4	0.79×Too few to compare	36	$26,861	30
Legal services	9	4	0.74×Too few to compare	24	$76,792	14
Specialty trade contractors	9	4	0.26×Too few to compare	35	$75,829	134
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	8	3.6	2.03×Too few to compare	44	$27,682	—
Banks and credit unions	7	3.1	0.96×Too few to compare	42	$43,667	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,522 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 Kinder, 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

414.9FY2017
1.4KFY2018
154.9FY2019
143.7FY2020
108.4FY2021
276.3FY2022

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

Kinder, Louisiana's figures are part of those of Allen Parish, LA ($20.5M 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: Kinder is mostly in Allen Parish.

See federal money in Allen 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.

Kinder, 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.

Allen Parish3100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Allen 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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