Census-designated place · Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Ventress, Louisiana

Ventress is a census-designated place in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, part of the Baton Rouge, LA metro area. It has 1,166 residents. Ventress, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,115 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #65 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), unemployment rate (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on reading scores (low), math scores (low) and broadband subscriptions (low).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,115 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #65 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,166 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 575.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 2278050

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety40#9,396/15,637
Economy43#8,971/15,631
Housing18#12,324/14,977
Health19#12,644/15,609
Healthcare30#10,971/15,650
Environment68#4,927/15,453
Education11#13,975/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,572/15,650
Community11#13,953/15,651
Leisure & amenities57#6,703/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Preventable hospital stays · low1,333 /100k
98/100Louisiana 3,516 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePointe Coupee Parish value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Louisiana 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Public libraries · high2.5 /10k
94/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPointe Coupee Parish value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPointe Coupee Parish value
Pharmacies · high2.6 /10k
91/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPointe Coupee Parish value
Effective property tax rate · low0.45%
91/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Reading scores · low2.19
0/100Louisiana 2.74United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePointe Coupee Parish value
Math scores · low2.16
0/100Louisiana 2.71United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePointe Coupee Parish value
Broadband subscriptions · low66.4%
2/100Louisiana 86.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Child poverty rate · high0.0%
4/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Traffic deaths · high34.6 /100k
5/100Louisiana 18.5 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataPointe Coupee Parish value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Louisiana 38.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePointe Coupee Parish value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
864 (2015-2019) → 1,166 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
15.0% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+85 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,917 (2015-2019) → $71,458 (2020-2024)
+88%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.6% (2015-2019) → 26.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateImproving
22.9% (2015-2019) → 9.2% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
9.8% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Ventress, Louisiana improved on 0 of 5 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 5 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.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 5 measures

Change of every measure of Ventress, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	61.3%2015-2019	66.4%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	81.6%2015-2019	74.8%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5292015-2019	0.4962020-2024	−0.033	Within the margin of error	76%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Unemployment rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	49%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 5712 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 Ventress, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ventress, 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.

No place that looked like Ventress, Louisiana five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Ventress, Louisiana itself moved −3.4 points in standing on average over the same 3 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

1,166 residents (±409)

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: 40–49 men (+11.3 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

1,166 residents (±409)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White90%†1,049
Black2.8%†33
Hispanic or Latino5.2%†

Education

820 residents (±278)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma25%†207
High school or GED21%†175
Some college16%†

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

444 households (±150)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k23%†102
$25k–50k11%†47
$50k–75k20%†89
$75k–100k10%†45
$100k–150k8.3%†37
$150k–200k2.9%†13
$200k or more25%†111

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+22.4 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

444 households (±150)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own70%†309
Rent30%†135

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−21.8 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

79 households (±82)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50089%†70

Home values

309 homes (±122)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k21%†65
$150k–250k20%†61
$250k–400k31%†95

Age of homes

586 homes (±151)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later15%†89
2000–20097.3%†43
1980–199953%†312

Size of homes

586 homes (±151)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms37%†215

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

354 workers (±181)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone89%†314
Carpool4.2%†15
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.8%†10
Other4.2%†15

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

344 workers (±181)

Ventress, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min32%†110
15–29 min17%†57
30–44 min37%†128

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

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 Baton Rouge, 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 Pointe Coupee Parish, the county holding most of Ventress's residents.

Pointe Coupee Parish has 363 employer establishments, 182 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Louisiana's), with 4,127 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,895. The Census Bureau also counts 1,821 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 363; 1,821 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 182; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 4,127
Average annual pay: $46,895; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	33	16.5	0.90×About typical	360	$14,894	21
Specialty trade contractors	26	13	0.84×About typical	109	$51,807	145
Ambulatory health care services	18	9	0.43×Fewer than typical	172	$55,203	101
Gasoline stations	16	8	2.47×More than typical	150	$30,000	—
Full-service restaurants	15	7.5	0.98×About typical	165	$15,903	7
Building equipment contractors	14	7	1.16×About typical	36	$46,278	28
Limited-service restaurants	14	7	0.87×About typical	184	$13,603	10
Grocery and convenience stores	12	6	2.02×More than typical	211	$23,507	4
Truck transportation	11	5.5	1.09×About typical	75	$42,347	77
General merchandise stores	10	5	2.83×More than typical	282	$29,376	12
Lessors of real estate	10	5	0.41×Fewer than typical	12	$20,250	170
Religious organizations	10	5	0.90×About typical	39	$28,769	—

Rank places for an industry Open Pointe Coupee Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,989 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: Ventress is mostly in Pointe Coupee Parish.

See federal money in Pointe Coupee 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.

Ventress, Louisiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Cleo FieldsD-LA-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 3.0%

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.

Pointe Coupee Parish20100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Baton Rouge, LA33

Other cities and towns in Pointe Coupee 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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