Census-designated place · Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

Vienna Bend, Louisiana

Vienna Bend is a census-designated place in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, part of the Natchitoches, LA metro area. It has 1,502 residents. Vienna Bend, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 5 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,891 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #155 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), students per teacher (low) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on median household income (low), distance to an airport (high) and reading scores (low).

5Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,891 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #155 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,502 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 696.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2278545

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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#15,454/15,637
Economy1#15,472/15,631
Housing19#12,097/14,977
Health6#14,702/15,609
Healthcare39#9,578/15,650
Environment28#11,132/15,453
Education12#13,828/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,472/15,650
Community14#13,503/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,293/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Vienna Bend, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Natchitoches 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 · low0.30%
97/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Students per teacher · low11.7×
88/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsNatchitoches Parish value
Mental health providers · high447 /100k
80/100Louisiana 365 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNatchitoches Parish value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100Louisiana 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesNatchitoches Parish value
Public libraries · high1.1 /10k
79/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesNatchitoches Parish value
Social associations · high12.1 /10k
77/100Louisiana 9.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNatchitoches Parish value

Weaknesses

Median household income · low$29,327
1/100Louisiana $61,038United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Distance to an airport · high178 mi
1/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauNatchitoches Parish value
Reading scores · low2.44
1/100Louisiana 2.74United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNatchitoches Parish value
Child poverty rate · high39.7%
2/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Homicide rate · high18.2 /100k
2/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataNatchitoches Parish value
Premature death · high15,944 /100k
3/100Louisiana 11,889 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNatchitoches Parish value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,230 (2015-2019) → 1,502 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
71.7% (2015-2019) → 48.1% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
62.4% (2015-2019) → 39.6% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.8% (2015-2019) → 94.8% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 5.3% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
39.1% (2015-2019) → 29.3% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Vienna Bend, Louisiana improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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

Uninsured−7 points14.4% → 7.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Vienna Bend, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.7 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	+5.4 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Broadband subscriptions	77.8%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Child poverty rate	62.4%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	−23 points	Within the margin of error	95%
High school diploma or higher	95.2%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4002015-2019	0.5302020-2024	+0.130	Within the margin of error	2%
Median household income	$31,9792015-2019	$29,3272020-2024	−8.3%	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−7 points	Improved	92%

“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 Vienna Bend, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Vienna Bend, 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, Vienna Bend, Louisiana itself moved −16.9 points in standing on average over the same 5 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

1,502 residents (±373)

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: 50–59 women (+11.5 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

1,502 residents (±373)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White31%†470
Black62%†935
Hispanic or Latino0.5%†

Education

806 residents (±171)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma10%†81
High school or GED35%282
Some college17%†139

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

538 households (±125)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k28%†148
$25k–50k38%†205
$50k–75k16%†85
$75k–100k5.2%†28
$100k–150k5.4%†29
$150k–200k6.1%†33
$200k or more1.9%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+6.1 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

538 households (±125)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own86%461
Rent14%†77

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+48.4 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

77 households (±42)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75010%†8
$750–1,00027%†21
$1,000–1,50062%†48

Home values

461 homes (±117)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k52%†240
$150k–250k33%†150
$250k–400k11%†51

Age of homes

656 homes (±150)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later23%†154
2000–200921%†138
1980–199935%†230

Size of homes

656 homes (±150)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio0.3%†2
1 bedroom4.6%†30
2 bedrooms6.4%†42

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

639 workers (±186)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone86%550
Carpool9.1%†58
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.1%†7
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.3%†21
Other0.5%†3

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

618 workers (±187)

Vienna Bend, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min41%†253
15–29 min40%†247
30–44 min10%†

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 Natchitoches, 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 Natchitoches Parish, the county holding most of Vienna Bend's residents.

Natchitoches Parish has 835 employer establishments, 229 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Louisiana's), with 11,991 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,432. The Census Bureau also counts 2,779 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 835; 2,779 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 229; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 11,991
Average annual pay: $47,432; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	77	21.1	1.01×About typical	744	$39,237	114
Restaurants and other eating places	64	17.6	0.96×About typical	1,371	$16,522	12
Religious organizations	44	12.1	2.18×More than typical	237	$21,249	—
Lessors of real estate	43	11.8	0.96×About typical	155	$31,290	237
Specialty trade contractors	41	11.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	302	$42,891	202
Limited-service restaurants	33	9.1	1.13×About typical	768	$15,487	4
Offices of other health practitioners	27	7.4	1.22×About typical	157	$33,599	42
Full-service restaurants	26	7.1	0.93×About typical	581	$17,854	5
Banks and credit unions	22	6	1.87×More than typical	230	$61,452	3
Legal services	22	6	1.12×About typical	73	$51,096	33
Gasoline stations	21	5.8	1.78×More than typical	216	$24,852	—
Construction of buildings	20	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	153	$50,176	60

Rank places for an industry Open Natchitoches Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 36,446 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: Vienna Bend is mostly in Natchitoches Parish.

See federal money in Natchitoches 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.

Vienna Bend, 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.

Natchitoches Parish10100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Natchitoches, LA7

Other cities and towns in Natchitoches 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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