Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,679, settled in 1909.
Addis's standout: the median household earns $108K. Overall it grades A, ranked 3rd of 161 in Louisiana. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 78% of U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Only 11 of Louisiana’s 254 towns score higher on health. Bank of Addis is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Addis beats most towns.
3,593 counted in 2010 and 6,731 in 2020; an estimated 7,679 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 14.1% since 2020, after 87.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Addis is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 5%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 473 in 1920, 6,731 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 6 maps from 1940 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Addis. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaTiger Stadium
7 mi MuseumUSS Kidd
6 mi Stadium & arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center14 mi Theme parkBlue Bayou and Dixie Landin'
7 mi MuseumYazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot
7 mi MuseumShaw Center for the ArtsTiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Kidd: Cobatfor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shaw Center for the Arts: UrbanPlanet BR (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Addis, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Addis.
Addis carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Louisiana (mostly cold waves), fares better on crime within Louisiana than nationally and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
At 9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 98% of Louisiana’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 5 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
Addis’ property crime rate is 6.2 per 1,000 residents, below both Louisiana’s towns (24.2) and U.S. towns (9.9). Addis’ violent crime rate is 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Addis | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.2 per 1,000 residents | 24.2 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 4.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Christian Academy of Louisiana PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 166 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Addis has 643 jobs for its 3,164 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
3.2% of Addis residents live below the poverty line, below both the Louisiana town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Among 160 Louisiana towns, just 2 have a higher median household income than Addis. 1.7% of Addis working residents work locally.
| Addis | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $108,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Just 17 of its 2,690 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Addis itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Addis | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
January nights average 41.3°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.5°.
Addis has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Addis is 41°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Addis | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 41°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $108,041, against $60,756 across Louisiana, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
8.9% of residents are 65 or older in Addis. Addis has grown 14% since 2020, to 7,679 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 32% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Addis.
| Addis | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 8.9% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 33.8 years | 37.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 20% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 24% | 22% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Addis | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 23.1% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.7% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.7% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.2% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 20.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.4% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.8% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 93% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures. Its widest gap with Louisiana is tooth loss: 9.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.1% statewide.
Addis beats the Louisiana average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. Only 1 of the 161 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Addis.
| Addis | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Addis | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.3% | 18.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.3% | 7.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 20.4% | 16.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Addis home is worth about $247,000, up 3.5% in a year, 15% above the Louisiana typical home.
| Addis | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,273 a month | $989 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 80% of Louisiana towns, with expected losses of about $444 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Since 2005, 41 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Addis.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6 within 15 miles of the center of Addis
About 6 of every 100 Addis residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
Where Addis’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Louisiana, United States
Addis is a town in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,731 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Addis grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #3 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades B for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 3.5 years of the area's median household income ($69,599 across the Baton Rouge, LA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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