Town · Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Mamou, Louisiana

Mamou is a town in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It has 2,864 residents. Mamou, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 0 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,604 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #249 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on child poverty rate (high), poverty rate (high) and adult obesity (high).

0Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,604 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #249 of 262 in LA
Population: 2,864 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,032.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2248085

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.

Safety2#15,266/15,637
Economy0#15,582/15,631
Housing21#11,897/14,977
Health1#15,486/15,609
Healthcare27#11,477/15,650
Environment21#12,161/15,453
Education7#14,535/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,435/15,650
Community7#14,545/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,201/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mamou, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Evangeline 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 · low0.22%
99/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Pharmacies · high3.8 /10k
99/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEvangeline Parish value
Grocery stores · high3.4 /10k
96/100Louisiana 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEvangeline Parish value
Public libraries · high1.9 /10k
90/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesEvangeline Parish value
Time spent in the emergency room · low128 min
83/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesEvangeline Parish value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Louisiana 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEvangeline Parish value

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high79.2%
0/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Poverty rate · high58.5%
0/100Louisiana 18.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Adult obesity · high51.8%
0/100Louisiana 42.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high25.4%
0/100Louisiana 21.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high29.5%
0/100Louisiana 20.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Median household income · low$24,808
1/100Louisiana $61,038United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,156 (2015-2019) → 2,864 (2020-2024)
−9.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
41.1% (2015-2019) → 79.2% (2020-2024)
+38 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
53.5% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.4% (2015-2019) → 66.9% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Unemployment rateImproving
25.4% (2015-2019) → 7.7% (2020-2024)
−18 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, Mamou, Louisiana improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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+31 points53.5% → 84.6%

Declined1

Child poverty+38 points41.1% → 79.2%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Mamou, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	53.5%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+31 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	41.1%2015-2019	79.2%2020-2024	+38 points	Declined	1%
High school diploma or higher	69.7%2015-2019	78.2%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4822015-2019	0.4662020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$26,1462015-2019	$24,8082020-2024	−5.1%	Within the margin of error	5%
Poverty rate	43.9%2015-2019	58.5%2020-2024	+15 points	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 as share of income	26.5%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent-burdened households	38.4%2015-2019	66.9%2020-2024	+28 points	Within the margin of error	4%

“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 Mamou, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mamou, 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, Mamou, Louisiana itself moved −10.3 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

2,864 residents (±20)

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

1,200 households (±207)

Mamou, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k50%†603
$25k–50k31%†373
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,200 households (±207)

Mamou, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own45%540
Rent55%†660

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

1,031 workers (±158)

Mamou, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone70%†722
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0

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 Evangeline Parish, the county holding most of Mamou's residents.

Evangeline Parish has 494 employer establishments, 153 for every 10,000 residents (0.62× the US rate of 248; 0.65× Louisiana's), with 6,677 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,734. The Census Bureau also counts 1,987 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 494; 1,987 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 153; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 6,677
Average annual pay: $39,734; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	69	21.4	1.03×About typical	1,009	$48,051	108
Religious organizations	25	7.7	1.40×More than typical	155	$21,148	—
Offices of other health practitioners	22	6.8	1.12×About typical	156	$38,404	30
Restaurants and other eating places	22	6.8	0.37×Fewer than typical	276	$13,058	14
Offices of physicians	20	6.2	0.96×About typical	413	$63,208	14
Specialty trade contractors	20	6.2	0.40×Fewer than typical	61	$33,148	169
Gasoline stations	16	5	1.53×More than typical	101	$26,030	—
Grocery and convenience stores	16	5	1.67×More than typical	152	$30,921	7
General merchandise stores	15	4.6	2.63×More than typical	292	$27,825	19
Building equipment contractors	13	4	0.67×Fewer than typical	41	$30,854	35
Health and personal care stores	13	4	1.52×More than typical	103	$33,388	29
Lessors of real estate	13	4	0.33×Fewer than typical	29	$33,828	89

Rank places for an industry Open Evangeline Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,264 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 $376 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mamou, Louisiana: $0.13 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $376; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.13; US $1,995
Sole-source: 31%; US 30%
Single offer: 35%; 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 Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$376100%

Top recipients

DESHOTEL, LUKE$376100.0%

Spending by fiscal year

17.9FY2017
0FY2018
86.7FY2019
53.9FY2020
1.5KFY2021
230.4FY2022
760.7FY2023
132.9FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$26069%
Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$11631%

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

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

See federal money in Evangeline 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.

Mamou, 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.

Evangeline Parish1100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Evangeline 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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