Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety7#860/924
Economy19#746/925
Housing38#571/925
Health5#878/925
Healthcare53#432/923
Environment36#589/917
Education4#886/925
Infrastructure8#852/925
Community9#845/925
Leisure & amenities31#638/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where New Iberia, LA micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
99/100Louisiana 30 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.36%
95/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Grocery stores · high2.7 /10k
94/100Louisiana 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
93/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high32.7%
92/100Louisiana 29.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Job growth · high2.0%
90/100Louisiana -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high40.4%
1/100Louisiana 37.4%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
1/100Louisiana 1.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · high17.7 /100k
3/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high21.7%
3/100Louisiana 21.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Violent crime rate · high657 /100k
3/100Louisiana 515 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Child poverty rate · high34.3%
3/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

Violent crime rateWorsening
184 /100k (2016) → 657 /100k (2025)
+257%9 yearsUS 397 /100k → 328 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
2% (2021) → 32% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+30 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
1.0 /1k (2021) → 2.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+139%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.5% (2015-2019) → 86.2% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
59.5% (2010 & 2021) → 68.7% (2022 & 2024)
+9.1 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
4,466 /100k (2019) → 2,603 /100k (2023)
−42%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

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, New Iberia, LA micropolitan area improved on 12 of 20 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 0 moved within the margin of error and 7 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Restaurants+17%4.9 /10k → 5.7 /10k
Pharmacies+11%2.3 /10k → 2.5 /10k
Unemployment−4.7 points9.2% → 4.5%
High school++3 points79.9% → 83.0%
Traffic deaths−13%20.4 /100k → 17.8 /100k

Declined1

Arts & recreation−14%2.4 /10k → 2.1 /10k

All 20 measures

Change of every measure of New Iberia, LA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.4 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−14%	Declined	10%
Average commute time	24.7 min2015-2019	25.3 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Little change	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Improved	20%
Broadband subscriptions	76.5%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Improved	59%
Distance to an airport	93 mi2020	93 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	28.5 /100k2020	19.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−33%	Improved	60%
Firearm deaths	22.8 /100k2020	19.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Improved	76%
Grocery stores	2.6 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+4.8%	Little change	67%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+26%	Improved	76%
High school diploma or higher	79.9%2015-2019	83.0%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	82%
Homicide rate	17.1 /100k2020	17.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.5%	Little change	19%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,1932019	$63,7402024	+35%	Improved	72%
New business applications	13.4 /1k2020	13.3 /1k2025	−0.5%	Little change	5%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	90%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	+3.1%	Little change	81%
Rent-burdened households	51.8%2015-2019	50.0%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Improved	72%
Restaurants and bars	4.9 /10k2020	5.7 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	90%
Suicide rate	13.8 /100k2020	13.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.7%	Little change	63%
Traffic deaths	20.4 /100k2015-2019	17.8 /100k2020-2024	−13%	Improved	80%
Unemployment rate	9.2%2020	4.5%2025	−4.7 points	Improved	90%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like New Iberia, LA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Iberia, LA micropolitan area 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, New Iberia, LA micropolitan area itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 20 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

68,599 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

26,816 households (±491)

New Iberia, LA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k25%6,738
$25k–50k21%5,732
$50k–75k17%4,501
$75k–100k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

26,816 households (±491)

New Iberia, LA micropolitan area
United States share

Own67%18,035
Rent33%8,781

Table view

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

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

27,181 workers (±879)

New Iberia, LA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%22,351
Carpool6.7%1,834
Public transit0.2%†60

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 no occupation wages for New Iberia, LA micropolitan area.

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.

New Iberia, LA has 1,451 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248), with 19,477 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,742. The Census Bureau also counts 6,365 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,451; 6,365 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248
Paid employees: 19,477
Average annual pay: $56,742; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of New Iberia, LA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	137	20.2	0.97×About typical	1,102	$48,125	508
Restaurants and other eating places	96	14.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,506	$17,919	47
Specialty trade contractors	75	11.1	0.71×Fewer than typical	869	$62,581	470
Offices of physicians	53	7.8	1.21×About typical	328	$54,399	35
Limited-service restaurants	51	7.5	0.94×About typical	934	$17,345	22
Building equipment contractors	48	7.1	1.18×About typical	679	$64,990	98
Automotive repair and maintenance	41	6.1	1.20×About typical	211	$39,578	115
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	41	6.1	3.79×More than typical	1,029	$74,838	40
Lessors of real estate	33	4.9	0.40×Fewer than typical	101	$37,911	417
Offices of other health practitioners	33	4.9	0.80×About typical	181	$31,525	67
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	32	4.7	6.94×More than typical	360	$83,211	24
Insurance agencies and brokerages	32	4.7	1.08×About typical	126	$48,341	142

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 67,761 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $16.6M on contracts performed in New Iberia, LA micropolitan area: $249 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $16.6M; −17% vs FY2025
Per resident: $249; US $1,994
Sole-source: 52%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; 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

U.S. Coast Guard$10M60%
Department of the Navy$3M18%
National Institutes of Health$2.1M13%
Defense Logistics Agency$565K3.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$520.1K3.1%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$373.4K2.2%
U.S. Geological Survey$83.6K0.5%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$42.9K0.3%

Top recipients

GRAVOIS ALUMINUM BOATS LLC$12.9M78%
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE$2.1M13%
FREEMAN HOLDINGS OF ACADIANA LLC$527.8K3.2%
AGGREKO, LLC$520.1K3.1%
STREAM WETLAND SERVICES, L.L.C.$375.9K2.3%

Spending by fiscal year

56.2MFY2017
79.9MFY2018
54.1MFY2019
38.8MFY2020
42.3MFY2021
35.7MFY2022
30.5MFY2023
27.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$11.5M69%
Other animal production · 1129$2.1M13%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$1.5M9.1%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$527.8K3.2%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$520.1K3.1%
Support activities for crop production · 1151$375.9K

Largest awards

38FT DEFIANT CLASS FAST ASSAULT BOATS FOR FMS PARTNER NATION ROMANIA. FMS CASE(S) RO-P-LAW AND RO-P-LBD$12.5M
GRAVOIS ALUMINUM BOATS LLC· Iberia Parish, LA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 3, 2025 – Mar 3, 2026· N0002425C2237
NHP BREEDING COLONY FOR VACCINE RESEARCH CENTER (VRC)$8.5M
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE· Iberia Parish, LA· Professional services· Mar 15, 2023 – Mar 10, 2026· 75N93023F00001
NEAR COASTAL PATROL VESSEL(S) (NCPV(S))$8M
GRAVOIS ALUMINUM BOATS LLC· Iberia Parish, LA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 29, 2022 – Nov 6, 2025· N0002422F22A8
NEAR COASTAL PATROL VESSEL(S) (NCPV(S))

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $458.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for New Iberia, LA micropolitan area: $6,859 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $458.5M; +4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,859; US $12,955
Loan face value: $27.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$237.3M52%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$52.1M11%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$43.6M9.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$33.5M7.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$24.6M5.4%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$23.4M5.1%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$11.9M2.6%
93.224 · Health Center Program$4M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT LOUISIANA D$44.3M9.7%
BATON ROUGE, LA
IBERIA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.$4M0.9%
NEW IBERIA, LA
IBERIA PARISH AIRPORT AUTHORITY$2.4M0.5%
NEW IBERIA, LA
CITY OF NEW IBERIA$1.7M0.4%
NEW IBERIA, LA
HANI NON PROFIT HOUSING

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$357.6M78%
Federal Highway Administration$44.5M9.7%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$38.7M8.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Resources and Services Administration$4.2M0.9%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

375MFY2021
368.2MFY2022
386.9MFY2023
388.9MFY2024
438.8MFY2025
458.5MFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in New Iberia, LA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Iberia ParishCentral county666,846

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

New IberiaPrincipal city27,571

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Louisiana

Areas based in Louisiana, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined1

Metro and micro areas like New Iberia, LA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in New Iberia, LA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Louisiana

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined1

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought