DarrowLA
With 183 residents, this town was settled in 1881.
Is Darrow a good place to live?
100% of residents live below the poverty line in Darrow, against 20% in Louisiana’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Darrow has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Hermitage and Ashland. Darrow has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
183 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Darrow: who provides what
Darrow is unincorporated, so Ascension Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Darrow.
Darrow has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Expected losses in Darrow break down as 66% from hurricanes and 14% from inland flooding. The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Darrow comes to 85 of 100. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Darrow after 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Darrow brings mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 42° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Darrow’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.9 jobs for each of them
Half commute less than 21 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Darrow rose by 62, to 75. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (20%), Gonzales (15%) and Donaldsonville (3%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of Louisiana and the rest of the country, fewer of Darrow’s adults report frequent physical distress
18% of adults worry about having enough food in Darrow. Only one of the 162 Louisiana towns we compare has a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Darrow.
| Darrow | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 19% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 82% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 42% | 36% |
| What stands out | Darrow | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.5% | 18.1% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Darrow
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Darrow
About 0 of every 100 Darrow residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
Questions about Darrow
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Darrow, LA a good place to live?
Darrow has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.