City · Madison Parish, Louisiana

Tallulah, Louisiana

Tallulah is a city in Madison Parish, Louisiana. It has 5,969 residents. Tallulah, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,190 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #184 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on lack of reliable transportation (high), food insecurity (high) and child poverty rate (high).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,190 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #184 of 262 in LA
Population: 5,969 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 2,144.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2274690

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety6#14,760/15,637
Economy0#15,580/15,631
Housing33#9,981/14,977
Health9#14,154/15,609
Healthcare17#12,987/15,650
Environment26#11,492/15,453
Education18#12,815/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,159/15,650
Community6#14,768/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,209/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Louisiana 14.6 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMadison Parish value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Louisiana 25.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMadison Parish value
Mental health providers · high891 /100k
98/100Louisiana 365 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMadison Parish value
Students per teacher · low9.9×
98/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMadison Parish value
Pharmacies · high3.4 /10k
98/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMadison Parish value
Effective property tax rate · low0.29%
97/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Lack of reliable transportation · high26.6%
0/100Louisiana 11.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high51.2%
0/100Louisiana 23.2%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · high60.4%
0/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Adult obesity · high53.6%
0/100Louisiana 42.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · low$754
0/100Louisiana $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMadison Parish value
Preventable hospital stays · high6,203 /100k
0/100Louisiana 3,516 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMadison Parish value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
6,851 (2015-2019) → 5,969 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
47.8% (2015-2019) → 80.1% (2020-2024)
+32 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
60.0% (2015-2019) → 52.8% (2020-2024)
−7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$26,351 (2015-2019) → $33,419 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
13.1 min (2015-2019) → 15.9 min (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
13.9% (2015-2019) → 9.9% (2020-2024)
−3.9 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, Tallulah, Louisiana improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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+32 points47.8% → 80.1%
Household income+27%$26,351 → $33,419

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Tallulah, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.1 min2015-2019	15.9 min2020-2024	+2.8 min	Within the margin of error	21%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Broadband subscriptions	47.8%2015-2019	80.1%2020-2024	+32 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	62.8%2015-2019	60.4%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Effective property tax rate	0.26%2015-2019	0.29%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
High school diploma or higher	77.2%2015-2019	76.2%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5002015-2019	0.4642020-2024	−0.035	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$26,3512015-2019	$33,4192020-2024	+27%	Improved	48%
Poverty rate	44.3%2015-2019	41.7%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Rent as share of income	34.1%2015-2019	31.2%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Rent-burdened households	60.0%2015-2019	52.8%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Unemployment rate	8.7%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.9%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%

“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 Tallulah, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tallulah, 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, Tallulah, Louisiana itself moved +8.2 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

5,969 residents (±15)

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: 10–19 men (−3.5 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

5,969 residents (±15)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White13%794
Black83%4,936
Hispanic or Latino1.6%†95

Education

3,821 residents (±120)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma24%911
High school or GED34%1,312
Some college26%1,003

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

1,899 households (±164)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k35%666
$25k–50k32%613
$50k–75k19%†364
$75k–100k6.5%†124
$100k–150k4.6%†88
$150k–200k1.3%†25
$200k or more1.0%†19

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−12.1 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 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

1,899 households (±164)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own40%752
Rent60%1,147

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

956 households (±163)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75058%†557
$750–1,00033%†317
$1,000–1,5008.1%†

Home values

752 homes (±149)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k74%553
$150k–250k18%†138
$250k–400k6.5%†49

Age of homes

2,649 homes (±122)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later6.6%†175
2000–20094.6%†123
1980–199921%568

Size of homes

2,649 homes (±122)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio3.0%†80
1 bedroom11%†289
2 bedrooms23%604

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

1,751 workers (±235)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone85%1,488
Carpool9.6%†168
Public transit0.1%†2
Walk0.3%†6
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.8%†32
Other3.1%†55

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (−4.6 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

1,719 workers (±234)

Tallulah, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min61%1,051
15–29 min18%†317
30–44 min9.4%†161

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

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 Madison Parish, the county holding most of Tallulah's residents.

Madison Parish has 179 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.82× Louisiana's), with 2,539 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,922. The Census Bureau also counts 707 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 179; 707 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 2,539
Average annual pay: $36,922; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	10	10.8	0.52×Fewer than typical	458	$26,247	28
Lessors of real estate	9	9.7	0.79×Too few to compare	11	$32,545	48
Restaurants and other eating places	9	9.7	0.53×Too few to compare	160	$21,919	10
Gasoline stations	8	8.6	2.67×Too few to compare	144	$33,514	—
Truck transportation	8	8.6	1.71×Too few to compare	22	$30,409	21
Banks and credit unions	5	5.4	1.67×Too few to compare	106	$24,943	—
Limited-service restaurants	5	5.4	0.67×Too few to compare	109	$17,404	5
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	4	4.3	1.63×Too few to compare	38	$26,447	4
Child day care services	4	4.3	1.77×Too few to compare	25	$11,720	38
Full-service restaurants	4	4.3	0.56×Too few to compare	51	$31,569	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	4.3	0.98×Too few to compare	6	$28,000	10
Legal services	4	4.3	0.80×Too few to compare	6	$12,333	3

Rank places for an industry Open Madison Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,251 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: Tallulah is mostly in Madison Parish.

See federal money in Madison 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.

Tallulah, 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.

Madison Parish4100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Madison 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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