Census-designated place · Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Lakeshore, Louisiana

Lakeshore is a census-designated place in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, part of the Monroe, LA metro area. It has 3,437 residents. Lakeshore, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,181 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #116 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), effective property tax rate (low) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), adult smoking (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,181 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #116 of 262 in LA
Population: 3,437 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 4,033.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2241470

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety1#15,409/15,637
Economy13#13,612/15,631
Housing21#11,875/14,977
Health4#15,037/15,609
Healthcare55#7,093/15,650
Environment48#8,085/15,453
Education15#13,377/15,649
Infrastructure28#11,270/15,650
Community12#13,701/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,736/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lakeshore, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ouachita 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 · high3.5 /10k
98/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOuachita Parish value
Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
92/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Mental health providers · high568 /100k
92/100Louisiana 365 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOuachita Parish value
Natural hazard risk · low6.8
89/100Louisiana 71.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyOuachita Parish value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOuachita Parish value
New business applications · high17.7 /1k
82/100Louisiana 16.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOuachita Parish value

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high51.0%
0/100Louisiana 42.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high27.3%
1/100Louisiana 20.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high24.3%
1/100Louisiana 21.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Property crime rate · high3,241 /100k
1/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationOuachita Parish value
Violent crime rate · high880 /100k
1/100Louisiana 515 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationOuachita Parish value
Physical inactivity · high43.9%
1/100Louisiana 32.3%United States 26.5%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.

PopulationRising
2,170 (2015-2019) → 3,437 (2020-2024)
+58%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.7% (2015-2019) → 96.5% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
43.4% (2015-2019) → 29.2% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
17.3% (2015-2019) → 23.8% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,386 (2015-2019) → $48,214 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Public transit commutersWorsening
5.1% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

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, Lakeshore, Louisiana improved on 1 of 9 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.

Improved1

Broadband+19 points77.7% → 96.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Lakeshore, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	19.3 min2020-2024	−4.5 min	Within the margin of error	88%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
High school diploma or higher	88.3%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.3922020-2024	−0.041	Within the margin of error	80%
Median household income	$37,3862015-2019	$48,2142020-2024	+29%	Within the margin of error	53%
Rent as share of income	34.4%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	68.4%2015-2019	63.7%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Within the margin of error	71%

“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 Lakeshore, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lakeshore, 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, Lakeshore, Louisiana itself moved +15.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

3,437 residents (±861)

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

1,182 households (±256)

Lakeshore, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k15%†178
$25k–50k39%†463
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,182 households (±256)

Lakeshore, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own53%†623
Rent47%†559

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

1,594 workers (±352)

Lakeshore, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone73%1,156
Carpool15%†242
Public transit0.0%0

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 Monroe, 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 Ouachita Parish, the county holding most of Lakeshore's residents.

Ouachita Parish has 4,181 employer establishments, 264 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 1.12× Louisiana's), with 59,407 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,059. The Census Bureau also counts 14,730 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,181; 14,730 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 264; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 59,407
Average annual pay: $47,059; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	512	32.4	1.55×More than typical	5,815	$54,036	766
Restaurants and other eating places	256	16.2	0.88×About typical	5,742	$18,711	71
Specialty trade contractors	238	15	0.97×About typical	2,455	$55,736	860
Lessors of real estate	197	12.5	1.01×About typical	550	$45,695	1,345
Offices of physicians	183	11.6	1.79×More than typical	1,852	$90,438	157
Legal services	150	9.5	1.76×More than typical	600	$48,578	125
Religious organizations	146	9.2	1.66×More than typical	1,522	$21,720	—
Offices of other health practitioners	136	8.6	1.42×More than typical	833	$38,158	305
Limited-service restaurants	131	8.3	1.03×About typical	3,224	$17,294	20
Building equipment contractors	106	6.7	1.11×About typical	1,490	$57,412	196
Services to buildings and dwellings	104	6.6	0.98×About typical	1,124	$31,557	1,461
Full-service restaurants	99	6.3	0.82×About typical	2,228	$20,821	25

Rank places for an industry Open Ouachita Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 158,155 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: Lakeshore is mostly in Ouachita Parish.

See federal money in Ouachita 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.

Lakeshore, 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.

Ouachita Parish20100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Monroe, LA12

Other cities and towns in Ouachita 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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