Most Educated Cities in Louisiana
Cities with at least 1,000 residents, ranked by percentage of adults (25+) with a bachelor's degree or higher.
| # | City | Bachelor's+ | Graduate+ | Median Income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Hills Place | 70.5% | 25.8% | $92,306 | 9,038 |
| 2 | Inniswold | 61.7% | 23.4% | $102,337 | 6,357 |
| 3 | Elmwood | 60.6% | 28.1% | $89,430 | 6,077 |
| 4 | Westminster | 57.6% | 21.3% | $70,245 | 2,559 |
| 5 | Old Jefferson | 56.7% | 11.5% | $92,075 | 7,860 |
| 6 | Shenandoah | 52.7% | 20.4% | $107,021 | 17,998 |
| 7 | Mandeville | 49.0% | 19.1% | $94,405 | 12,946 |
| 8 | Abita Springs | 47.7% | 15.3% | $77,257 | 2,699 |
| 9 | Milton | 47.3% | 14.9% | $105,625 | 2,793 |
| 10 | Bayou Country Club | 45.6% | 24.7% | $111,696 | 1,497 |
| 11 | Village St. George | 44.0% | 17.3% | $96,364 | 8,273 |
| 12 | Choudrant | 43.8% | 16.2% | $72,679 | 1,319 |
| 13 | Harahan | 43.3% | 12.9% | $79,516 | 8,904 |
| 14 | New Orleans | 42.4% | 19.7% | $56,631 | 371,853 |
| 15 | Prien | 42.0% | 18.8% | $87,292 | 7,119 |
| 16 | Metairie | 41.2% | 15.3% | $73,042 | 139,729 |
| 17 | Lafayette | 41.1% | 13.9% | $61,915 | 121,715 |
| 18 | Destrehan | 40.4% | 10.7% | $90,509 | 11,619 |
| 19 | Ruston | 40.2% | 16.4% | $31,120 | 22,284 |
| 20 | Woodworth | 40.0% | 17.2% | $84,500 | 2,432 |
| 21 | Covington | 39.4% | 17.0% | $75,851 | 11,658 |
| 22 | Clinton | 39.1% | 15.1% | $57,609 | 1,136 |
| 23 | River Ridge | 38.8% | 13.6% | $84,336 | 13,312 |
| 24 | Prairieville | 37.8% | 14.7% | $104,923 | 35,238 |
| 25 | Youngsville | 37.1% | 12.0% | $105,876 | 17,427 |
| 26 | Perry | 37.1% | 0.0% | $81,982 | 1,424 |
| 27 | Lockport Heights | 36.8% | 4.0% | $125,654 | 1,481 |
| 28 | Baton Rouge | 36.6% | 16.4% | $49,994 | 222,771 |
| 29 | Broussard | 36.1% | 7.5% | $116,179 | 14,322 |
| 30 | Leonville | 36.1% | 23.4% | $43,015 | 1,395 |
| 31 | Jefferson | 35.7% | 12.6% | $57,235 | 9,703 |
| 32 | Claiborne | 35.5% | 10.1% | $72,420 | 13,308 |
| 33 | Grambling | 35.4% | 21.2% | N/A | 5,287 |
| 34 | Central | 35.3% | 11.0% | $89,554 | 29,783 |
| 35 | Edgard | 35.1% | 13.1% | $68,953 | 1,482 |
| 36 | Thibodaux | 34.6% | 14.4% | $52,072 | 15,732 |
| 37 | Red Chute | 34.3% | 11.6% | $86,124 | 6,526 |
| 38 | Fort Polk South | 34.0% | 11.3% | $63,800 | 7,869 |
| 39 | Eden Isle | 33.2% | 14.6% | $78,426 | 7,683 |
| 40 | Zachary | 32.6% | 13.4% | $84,480 | 19,952 |
| 41 | Monroe | 32.4% | 14.5% | $40,505 | 47,004 |
| 42 | Addis | 32.2% | 5.8% | $108,041 | 7,252 |
| 43 | Lafourche Crossing | 32.0% | 3.9% | $73,309 | 2,790 |
| 44 | Slidell | 31.4% | 9.9% | $70,497 | 28,561 |
| 45 | Gardere | 30.8% | 14.3% | $55,409 | 12,223 |
| 46 | Paulina | 30.3% | 1.4% | $88,839 | 1,785 |
| 47 | Natchitoches | 30.3% | 14.4% | $37,133 | 17,577 |
| 48 | Luling | 30.1% | 8.6% | $76,539 | 13,960 |
| 49 | St. Francisville | 30.1% | 13.7% | $57,105 | 1,805 |
| 50 | Belle Chasse | 29.8% | 9.6% | $115,012 | 10,934 |
| 51 | Lake Charles | 29.1% | 10.9% | $59,235 | 81,143 |
| 52 | Kenner | 29.1% | 9.8% | $64,020 | 64,904 |
| 53 | Moss Bluff | 29.0% | 5.6% | $92,036 | 12,482 |
| 54 | Watson | 28.6% | 1.4% | $96,780 | 1,357 |
| 55 | Shreveport | 28.5% | 12.5% | $48,699 | 180,982 |
| 56 | Meraux | 28.4% | 6.6% | $76,021 | 7,918 |
| 57 | Mathews | 28.1% | 12.3% | $86,607 | 1,598 |
| 58 | Gonzales | 28.1% | 9.7% | $75,451 | 13,108 |
| 59 | Hammond | 27.7% | 10.2% | $48,166 | 21,539 |
| 60 | Iowa | 27.5% | 10.3% | $59,779 | 3,200 |
| 61 | Berwick | 27.3% | 8.8% | $51,580 | 4,607 |
| 62 | Swartz | 27.1% | 4.3% | $67,287 | 4,110 |
| 63 | Arabi | 26.9% | 9.4% | $56,813 | 4,625 |
| 64 | Lacombe | 26.8% | 8.8% | $72,813 | 6,310 |
| 65 | Ventress | 26.2% | 6.8% | $71,458 | 1,166 |
| 66 | Pineville | 26.2% | 9.4% | $49,774 | 14,160 |
| 67 | Ball | 26.2% | 10.5% | $80,074 | 3,869 |
| 68 | Brusly | 25.6% | 4.7% | $105,538 | 2,593 |
| 69 | Eastwood | 25.5% | 4.6% | $80,603 | 4,440 |
| 70 | Alexandria | 25.3% | 11.4% | $47,113 | 44,060 |
| 71 | North Vacherie | 25.3% | 7.4% | $37,083 | 1,905 |
| 72 | Greenwood | 25.0% | 4.8% | $64,063 | 3,110 |
| 73 | South Vacherie | 24.8% | 4.5% | $81,310 | 2,954 |
| 74 | St. Rose | 24.8% | 7.1% | $74,075 | 7,644 |
| 75 | Bossier City | 24.7% | 10.1% | $55,819 | 62,901 |
| 76 | Bayou Gauche | 24.6% | 10.8% | $162,951 | 1,908 |
| 77 | Gretna | 24.5% | 10.3% | $43,110 | 17,389 |
| 78 | St. Gabriel | 24.4% | 8.2% | $74,688 | 6,639 |
| 79 | Westlake | 24.1% | 4.5% | $68,381 | 4,743 |
| 80 | Natalbany | 24.0% | 3.6% | $32,483 | 2,416 |
| 81 | Ponchatoula | 23.9% | 6.3% | $51,161 | 7,808 |
| 82 | Lakeshore | 23.8% | 16.1% | $48,214 | 3,437 |
| 83 | Houma | 23.8% | 8.9% | $58,194 | 32,392 |
| 84 | Timberlane | 23.4% | 8.3% | $65,901 | 10,886 |
| 85 | Denham Springs | 23.3% | 10.8% | $71,569 | 9,323 |
| 86 | Stonewall | 23.2% | 8.5% | $56,557 | 2,392 |
| 87 | Bourg | 23.0% | 12.7% | $69,094 | 2,239 |
| 88 | Jonesville | 22.8% | 13.8% | $43,684 | 1,288 |
| 89 | Rosedale | 22.6% | 1.7% | N/A | 1,034 |
| 90 | Vidalia | 22.5% | 11.4% | $48,250 | 3,928 |
| 91 | Oak Grove | 22.4% | 13.7% | $51,136 | 1,264 |
| 92 | Cecilia | 22.4% | 3.2% | $67,109 | 1,742 |
| 93 | Scott | 22.3% | 5.5% | $56,299 | 8,609 |
| 94 | Maurice | 22.1% | 3.7% | $90,833 | 2,584 |
| 95 | West Monroe | 22.0% | 9.8% | $49,386 | 12,729 |
| 96 | Terrytown | 21.9% | 7.5% | $51,718 | 24,726 |
| 97 | Hahnville | 21.9% | 3.8% | $100,956 | 3,520 |
| 98 | Jena | 21.8% | 9.9% | $71,730 | 4,160 |
| 99 | Haughton | 21.3% | 5.4% | $51,932 | 4,485 |
| 100 | Belle Rose | 21.1% | 10.5% | $60,976 | 1,400 |
| 101 | Crowley | 21.0% | 9.6% | $28,642 | 11,422 |
| 102 | DeRidder | 20.8% | 7.8% | $59,801 | 9,763 |
| 103 | Avondale | 20.6% | 5.6% | $48,661 | 4,608 |
| 104 | Baker | 20.6% | 7.4% | $54,750 | 12,253 |
| 105 | Blanchard | 20.6% | 3.9% | $75,069 | 3,437 |
| 106 | New Roads | 20.4% | 8.0% | $51,328 | 4,404 |
| 107 | Breaux Bridge | 20.3% | 7.2% | $47,806 | 7,501 |
| 108 | Pearl River | 20.3% | 8.0% | $56,719 | 2,614 |
| 109 | Chackbay | 20.2% | 1.7% | $65,968 | 5,436 |
| 110 | Benton | 20.0% | 5.7% | $58,143 | 2,548 |
| 111 | Ferriday | 20.0% | 4.9% | $28,467 | 3,098 |
| 112 | Sunset | 19.9% | 5.3% | $60,964 | 3,074 |
| 113 | Sterlington | 19.8% | 8.3% | $69,007 | 2,229 |
| 114 | Brownfields | 19.8% | 5.5% | $65,929 | 4,261 |
| 115 | Laplace | 19.6% | 7.6% | $69,030 | 28,343 |
| 116 | Presquille | 19.5% | 4.1% | $112,000 | 2,062 |
| 117 | New Orleans Station | 19.4% | 3.5% | $59,474 | 2,307 |
| 118 | Amite City | 19.4% | 14.4% | $44,636 | 4,048 |
| 119 | Bayou Cane | 19.3% | 5.1% | $74,350 | 21,253 |
| 120 | Vienna Bend | 19.1% | 4.0% | $29,327 | 1,502 |
| 121 | Harvey | 19.1% | 6.3% | $48,774 | 20,915 |
| 122 | Killian | 19.0% | 4.2% | $67,634 | 1,694 |
| 123 | Erath | 18.9% | 6.3% | $47,568 | 1,907 |
| 124 | Estelle | 18.8% | 7.7% | $78,869 | 16,341 |
| 125 | Montz | 18.8% | 5.0% | $91,875 | 2,074 |
| 126 | Leesville | 18.7% | 6.9% | $37,500 | 5,495 |
| 127 | Gramercy | 18.3% | 7.8% | $67,813 | 2,814 |
| 128 | Carlyss | 18.2% | 10.5% | $78,179 | 4,412 |
| 129 | Port Allen | 17.9% | 4.8% | $59,474 | 4,942 |
| 130 | Waggaman | 17.9% | 10.9% | $68,374 | 11,330 |
| 131 | Sorrento | 17.7% | 4.7% | $117,604 | 2,203 |
| 132 | Raceland | 17.5% | 4.7% | $60,286 | 9,585 |
| 133 | Boutte | 17.5% | 6.2% | $68,220 | 2,027 |
| 134 | St. Martinville | 17.4% | 6.0% | $36,130 | 5,297 |
| 135 | Livingston | 17.3% | 5.9% | $61,750 | 1,747 |
| 136 | French Settlement | 17.3% | 3.3% | $72,396 | 1,295 |
| 137 | New Iberia | 17.3% | 6.0% | $47,087 | 27,571 |
| 138 | Walker | 17.3% | 4.0% | $80,707 | 6,390 |
| 139 | Lake Providence | 17.3% | 2.1% | $27,580 | 3,349 |
| 140 | Plaquemine | 17.2% | 6.5% | $69,366 | 6,075 |
| 141 | Woodmere | 17.1% | 6.7% | $75,828 | 11,879 |
| 142 | Merrydale | 16.9% | 4.4% | $41,500 | 9,490 |
| 143 | Sulphur | 16.9% | 6.6% | $61,760 | 20,775 |
| 144 | Westwego | 16.9% | 6.3% | $46,261 | 8,335 |
| 145 | Grand Point | 16.8% | 2.8% | $88,674 | 2,341 |
| 146 | Norco | 16.8% | 4.5% | $71,220 | 2,781 |
| 147 | Lutcher | 16.7% | 3.2% | $60,375 | 2,991 |
| 148 | Minden | 16.7% | 5.1% | $34,294 | 11,455 |
| 149 | Slaughter | 16.7% | 3.8% | $72,438 | 1,250 |
| 150 | Deville | 16.6% | 1.6% | N/A | 1,572 |
| 151 | Erwinville | 16.2% | 8.6% | $52,120 | 2,420 |
| 152 | Charenton | 16.2% | 9.5% | $63,463 | 1,440 |
| 153 | Bayou L'Ourse | 16.0% | 2.7% | $60,219 | 2,132 |
| 154 | Jennings | 16.0% | 8.4% | $48,558 | 9,553 |
| 155 | Carencro | 15.9% | 1.7% | $63,401 | 11,619 |
| 156 | Cut Off | 15.8% | 4.5% | $67,941 | 5,398 |
| 157 | Schriever | 15.7% | 6.5% | $66,571 | 6,690 |
| 158 | Pierre Part | 15.5% | 6.4% | $60,144 | 2,308 |
| 159 | Bayou Blue | 15.5% | 4.4% | $63,958 | 12,218 |
| 160 | Ama | 15.4% | 5.2% | $73,359 | 1,483 |
| 161 | Violet | 15.4% | 9.3% | $51,038 | 4,122 |
| 162 | Golden Meadow | 15.3% | 5.5% | $71,875 | 1,854 |
| 163 | Morgan City | 15.3% | 4.5% | $56,474 | 11,064 |
| 164 | Rosepine | 15.1% | 2.6% | $60,625 | 1,702 |
| 165 | Marksville | 15.1% | 4.5% | $36,202 | 4,905 |
| 166 | Paincourtville | 15.1% | 3.0% | N/A | 1,008 |
| 167 | Rayville | 15.0% | 5.4% | $27,273 | 3,261 |
| 168 | Independence | 14.8% | 2.3% | $40,268 | 2,207 |
| 169 | Fifth Ward | 14.7% | 1.7% | $51,279 | 1,277 |
| 170 | Fort Polk North | 14.6% | 0.0% | $47,588 | 2,401 |
| 171 | Marrero | 14.3% | 4.4% | $41,402 | 32,540 |
| 172 | Eunice | 14.2% | 5.4% | $35,436 | 9,239 |
| 173 | Donaldsonville | 14.2% | 3.9% | $23,618 | 6,831 |
| 174 | Delcambre | 14.1% | 3.9% | $59,038 | 2,552 |
| 175 | Jonesboro | 13.8% | 5.5% | $41,786 | 4,063 |
| 176 | Monticello | 13.6% | 6.8% | $70,441 | 3,999 |
| 177 | New Llano | 13.6% | 2.8% | $52,135 | 2,144 |
| 178 | Many | 13.6% | 4.3% | $36,563 | 2,166 |
| 179 | Cade | 13.6% | 3.5% | $72,839 | 1,710 |
| 180 | Chalmette | 13.6% | 4.5% | $54,904 | 22,616 |
| 181 | Ville Platte | 13.5% | 2.6% | $28,361 | 6,253 |
| 182 | Winnsboro | 13.5% | 5.1% | $35,573 | 4,725 |
| 183 | Lake Arthur | 13.5% | 3.0% | $53,920 | 2,585 |
| 184 | Livonia | 13.1% | 4.5% | $72,500 | 1,097 |
| 185 | Lawtell | 12.9% | 1.0% | N/A | 1,171 |
| 186 | Tallulah | 12.7% | 1.9% | $33,419 | 5,969 |
| 187 | Coushatta | 12.3% | 2.5% | $31,250 | 1,938 |
| 188 | Iota | 12.3% | 4.7% | $40,833 | 1,481 |
| 189 | Homer | 12.2% | 4.8% | $23,160 | 2,654 |
| 190 | Delhi | 12.1% | 4.9% | $52,132 | 2,573 |
| 191 | Bogalusa | 12.0% | 3.5% | $30,749 | 10,468 |
| 192 | Winnfield | 11.9% | 1.1% | $42,318 | 4,021 |
| 193 | Gray | 11.8% | 3.8% | $54,559 | 5,154 |
| 194 | Kinder | 11.8% | 3.6% | $42,100 | 2,317 |
| 195 | Jeanerette | 11.8% | 1.5% | $43,438 | 4,655 |
| 196 | Ossun | 11.7% | 5.1% | $40,810 | 2,271 |
| 197 | Brownsville | 11.7% | 2.8% | $35,526 | 4,357 |
| 198 | Poydras | 11.7% | 4.6% | $59,105 | 2,260 |
| 199 | Sibley | 11.5% | 4.4% | $42,061 | 1,376 |
| 200 | Jean Lafitte | 11.4% | 4.1% | $64,452 | 2,266 |
| 201 | Welsh | 11.3% | 2.7% | $78,185 | 3,313 |
| 202 | Duson | 11.1% | 1.1% | $25,054 | 1,282 |
| 203 | Arcadia | 10.9% | 2.9% | $24,860 | 2,635 |
| 204 | Bayou Vista | 10.9% | 3.2% | $40,500 | 3,842 |
| 205 | Opelousas | 10.7% | 4.5% | $32,964 | 15,495 |
| 206 | Cottonport | 10.6% | 5.8% | $31,875 | 1,858 |
| 207 | Kentwood | 10.5% | 7.4% | $31,364 | 2,087 |
| 208 | Larose | 10.5% | 3.8% | $80,577 | 5,515 |
| 209 | Mansura | 10.5% | 3.3% | $21,797 | 1,263 |
| 210 | Reserve | 10.3% | 3.3% | $55,450 | 7,791 |
| 211 | Olla | 10.3% | 3.0% | $29,688 | 1,179 |
| 212 | Vinton | 10.3% | 3.6% | $41,875 | 3,176 |
| 213 | Abbeville | 10.3% | 3.6% | $33,015 | 11,003 |
| 214 | Des Allemands | 10.2% | 5.6% | $88,390 | 2,382 |
| 215 | Lockport | 10.0% | 1.4% | $60,398 | 2,618 |
| 216 | Franklin | 9.9% | 2.3% | $39,518 | 6,461 |
| 217 | Springhill | 9.7% | 4.4% | $37,250 | 4,599 |
| 218 | Vivian | 9.7% | 0.0% | $22,237 | 2,975 |
| 219 | Minorca | 9.6% | 6.3% | $36,113 | 1,430 |
| 220 | Colfax | 9.5% | 0.9% | $26,250 | 1,240 |
| 221 | Bunkie | 9.5% | 6.6% | $22,267 | 3,253 |
| 222 | Church Point | 9.1% | 1.7% | $46,087 | 4,096 |
| 223 | Patterson | 9.0% | 1.1% | $49,886 | 5,744 |
| 224 | Kaplan | 8.9% | 1.0% | $40,109 | 4,238 |
| 225 | Port Sulphur | 8.8% | 6.8% | $52,289 | 1,593 |
| 226 | Oberlin | 8.8% | 1.8% | $31,738 | 1,809 |
| 227 | Farmerville | 8.7% | 1.8% | $26,356 | 3,407 |
| 228 | Rayne | 8.7% | 2.4% | $42,151 | 7,105 |
| 229 | Galliano | 8.4% | 3.5% | $49,918 | 5,906 |
| 230 | Garyville | 8.3% | 4.2% | $88,060 | 2,119 |
| 231 | Logansport | 8.2% | 0.4% | $32,404 | 1,439 |
| 232 | Merryville | 8.1% | 1.3% | $29,219 | 1,004 |
| 233 | Bernice | 7.8% | 2.9% | $26,399 | 1,355 |
| 234 | Bridge City | 7.7% | 2.3% | $57,031 | 7,297 |
| 235 | Ridgecrest | 7.7% | 0.8% | $41,910 | 1,007 |
| 236 | Gueydan | 7.7% | 1.6% | $27,891 | 1,464 |
| 237 | Morse | 7.6% | 1.9% | N/A | 1,099 |
| 238 | Mamou | 7.6% | 2.3% | $24,808 | 2,864 |
| 239 | Oakdale | 7.5% | 2.8% | $42,540 | 6,546 |
| 240 | Montegut | 7.4% | 4.2% | $57,076 | 1,266 |
| 241 | Labadieville | 7.2% | 2.4% | $48,056 | 1,408 |
| 242 | Port Barre | 7.2% | 1.5% | $41,278 | 2,275 |
| 243 | White Castle | 6.9% | 3.5% | $18,750 | 2,237 |
| 244 | Boyce | 6.7% | 1.6% | $37,895 | 1,037 |
| 245 | Franklinton | 6.7% | 3.5% | $34,235 | 3,602 |
| 246 | Amelia | 6.7% | 1.1% | $55,472 | 1,712 |
| 247 | Henderson | 6.4% | 2.3% | $48,750 | 1,779 |
| 248 | New Sarpy | 6.1% | 4.9% | $51,989 | 1,247 |
| 249 | Glenmora | 6.1% | 1.9% | $31,839 | 1,284 |
| 250 | Richwood | 6.1% | 0.8% | $31,680 | 3,839 |
| 251 | Chauvin | 6.0% | 1.1% | $52,619 | 2,502 |
| 252 | Bastrop | 6.0% | 2.6% | $32,605 | 9,232 |
| 253 | DeQuincy | 5.9% | 2.1% | $44,281 | 2,931 |
| 254 | Arnaudville | 5.5% | 0.3% | $16,111 | 1,239 |
| 255 | Ringgold | 5.2% | 2.4% | $30,592 | 1,405 |
| 256 | Roseland | 5.2% | 0.3% | $45,856 | 1,070 |
| 257 | Haynesville | 5.1% | 0.4% | $20,688 | 2,515 |
| 258 | Basile | 5.1% | 0.4% | $52,415 | 1,790 |
| 259 | Kraemer | 4.9% | 0.0% | $51,935 | 1,065 |
| 260 | Urania | 4.8% | 1.5% | $47,083 | 1,240 |
| 261 | Banks Springs | 4.8% | 4.1% | $26,232 | 1,406 |
| 262 | Zwolle | 4.8% | 0.9% | $27,688 | 1,796 |
| 263 | Baldwin | 4.7% | 1.6% | $31,669 | 1,962 |
| 264 | Bawcomville | 4.6% | 1.1% | $24,929 | 2,804 |
| 265 | Mansfield | 4.4% | 0.4% | $33,844 | 4,619 |
| 266 | Jackson | 4.3% | 0.4% | $37,844 | 3,958 |
| 267 | Campti | 3.8% | 1.4% | $19,351 | 1,047 |
| 268 | Simmesport | 3.4% | 0.9% | $29,712 | 1,625 |
| 269 | Oil City | 2.3% | 0.8% | $21,325 | 1,184 |
| 270 | Egan | 2.0% | 0.5% | $93,196 | 1,015 |