Town · Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Zwolle, Louisiana

Zwolle is a town in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It has 1,796 residents. Zwolle, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 0 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,574 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #242 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), suicide rate (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on poverty rate (high), mental health care shortage (high) and adult obesity (high).

0Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,574 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #242 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,796 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 393.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2283685

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.

Safety34#10,379/15,637
Economy1#15,404/15,631
Housing27#10,954/14,977
Health7#14,593/15,609
Healthcare3#15,154/15,650
Environment15#13,190/15,453
Education3#15,248/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,588/15,650
Community10#14,146/15,651
Leisure & amenities19#12,648/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Zwolle, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Sabine 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 · low0.12%
100/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Louisiana 14.6 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSabine Parish value
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSabine Parish value
Property crime rate · low549 /100k
87/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2023Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureSabine Parish value
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
84/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSabine Parish value
Time spent in the emergency room · low129 min
82/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSabine Parish value

Weaknesses

Poverty rate · high42.0%
0/100Louisiana 18.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Mental health care shortage · high21.0
0/100Louisiana 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSabine Parish value
Adult obesity · high52.1%
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
Child poverty rate · high52.4%
1/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Adult smoking · high28.2%
1/100Louisiana 20.0%United States 16.1%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.

PopulationFalling
1,980 (2015-2019) → 1,796 (2020-2024)
−9.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
52.2% (2015-2019) → 83.2% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
77.4% (2015-2019) → 69.4% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
59.0% (2015-2019) → 52.4% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
15.4% (2015-2019) → 9.7% (2020-2024)
−5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
10.0% (2015-2019) → 4.7% (2020-2024)
−5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Zwolle, Louisiana improved on 2 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 11 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+31 points52.2% → 83.2%
Inequality−0.0500.504 → 0.454

Declined2

High school+−8 points77.4% → 69.4%
Bachelor's+−5.3 points10.0% → 4.7%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Zwolle, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	28.4 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%2015-2019	4.7%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Declined	6%
Broadband subscriptions	52.2%2015-2019	83.2%2020-2024	+31 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	59.0%2015-2019	52.4%2020-2024	−6.6 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Effective property tax rate	0.17%2015-2019	0.12%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	24%
High school diploma or higher	77.4%2015-2019	69.4%2020-2024	−8 points	Declined	2%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5042015-2019	0.4542020-2024	−0.050	Improved	84%
Median household income	$23,2582015-2019	$27,6882020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	31%
Poverty rate	38.7%2015-2019	42.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	38.8%2015-2019	34.8%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent-burdened households	62.0%2015-2019	62.1%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Unemployment rate	15.4%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.0%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%

“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 Zwolle, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Zwolle, 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, Zwolle, Louisiana itself moved +3.3 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

1,796 residents (±260)

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

655 households (±94)

Zwolle, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k46%301
$25k–50k24%†158
$50k–75k16%†102

Homes

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

Owners and renters

655 households (±94)

Zwolle, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own58%380
Rent42%275

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+11.3 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

561 workers (±112)

Zwolle, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone56%316
Carpool34%†189
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 Sabine Parish, the county holding most of Zwolle's residents.

Sabine Parish has 476 employer establishments, 217 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Louisiana's), with 4,251 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,990. The Census Bureau also counts 1,672 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 476; 1,672 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 217; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 4,251
Average annual pay: $45,990; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	31	14.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	181	$46,320	58
Specialty trade contractors	31	14.1	0.91×About typical	172	$59,872	139
Religious organizations	25	11.4	2.05×More than typical	97	$17,660	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	23	10.5	1.56×More than typical	36	$46,750	60
Restaurants and other eating places	22	10	0.55×Fewer than typical	276	$18,920	13
Truck transportation	22	10	1.98×More than typical	61	$47,197	54
Banks and credit unions	19	8.7	2.68×More than typical	137	$52,080	—
Building equipment contractors	14	6.4	1.06×About typical	54	$70,037	30
General merchandise stores	13	5.9	3.35×More than typical	312	$26,926	10
Offices of other health practitioners	13	5.9	0.97×About typical	46	$36,261	17
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	5	0.99×About typical	35	$40,486	38
Full-service restaurants	11	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	79	$18,570	4

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,959 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: Zwolle is mostly in Sabine Parish.

See federal money in Sabine 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.

Zwolle, 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.

Sabine Parish1100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Sabine 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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