Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A regional job hub with 7,431 jobs. With 9,378 residents, this town was settled in 1898.
Trash day: look up yoursSome subjects shine; others lag. Its best grade is for schools (A): its schools outperform 88% of the state's. Denham Springs’s overall grade of A− puts it better than 82% of U.S. towns, 4th of 161 in Louisiana. The trade-off is hazard risk (D−) — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Health is weaker too — residents are less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Homes run about $255K for a typical one, 3.7 times the Baton Rouge metro’s $70K median household income. This Louisiana town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Denham Springs City Hall and Brown Hotel and Cafe. Denham Springs's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Denham Springs beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Denham Springs Elementary School | PK–5 | 678 |
| Northside Elementary School | PK–5 | 466 |
| Freshwater Elementary School | PK–5 | 370 |
Where Denham Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Denham Springs is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 574 in 1910, 9,286 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 5 maps from 1934 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Denham Springs. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Stadium & arenaTiger Stadium
14 mi MuseumUSS Kidd
35 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District
14 mi Stadium & arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center10 mi Theme parkBlue Bayou and Dixie Landin'10 mi MuseumLSU Rural Life MuseumTiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Kidd: Cobatfor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Denham Springs, 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 Denham Springs.
Denham Springs pairs an A for schools with modest home prices, draws workers from Baton Rouge and beyond and looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally.
7,431 jobs are based in Denham Springs, 1.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
For residents in Denham Springs, the share who live below the poverty line is 6%. Just 8% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Denham Springs’ mean commuting time stands at 27 minutes, above both the Louisiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Baton Rouge (29%), Livingston (4%) and New Orleans (3%).
| Denham Springs | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 5.7% | 5.6% | 11% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
That grade comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $255K.
Below: Three of its 5 schools, each with why it was picked. The Livingston Parish school district runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Denham Springs High School, with 2,385 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denham Springs Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 811 | A− |
| Denham Springs High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,385 | B |
| Freshwater Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 370 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
2,674 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 240 properties have flooded more than once.
Flood insurance has paid out on 2,674 claims in Denham Springs since 1978. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 44% come from inland flooding and 41% from hurricanes. Federal aid has come to Denham Springs households in 16 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 41° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes sold in Denham Springs spent a median 25 days on the market. The typical Denham Springs home is worth about $255,000, up 3.6% in a year, 19% above the Louisiana typical home. Nearly three quarters of households own their home locally.
| Denham Springs | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 74% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,014 a month | $989 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
A quarter of residents are 65 or older in Denham Springs, against 16% in Louisiana’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. A bachelor’s degree or higher: nearly a quarter of adults 25 and older, vs 27% across Louisiana. The share of residents in Denham Springs who are under 18: 20%.
| Denham Springs | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 20% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.7 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 75% are men (LA 51%).
| Denham Springs | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.4% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.6% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.9% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.3% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.6% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 82% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures. Its widest gap with Louisiana is tooth loss: 10.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.1% statewide.
Two figures for adults in Denham Springs: 83% had a checkup this year, 17% worry about having enough food. The town does better than the Louisiana average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. 28% of Denham Springs adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Denham Springs | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 82% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 26% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 44% | 35% |
| What stands out | Denham Springs | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.7% | 18.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.3% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.3 miles of trail wind through 5 parks and preserves. The density of trails in Denham Springs is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Denham Springs | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Willow Woods Park | — | 10 |
| 2. Lockhart Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Frenchtown Conservation Area | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
6 within 15 miles of the center of Denham Springs
About 3 of every 100 Denham Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
3 places in Denham Springs on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Denham Springs.
City in Louisiana
Denham Springs is a city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2010 U.S. census placed the population at 10,215, up from 8,757 at the 2000 U. S. census. At the 2020 United States census, 9,286 people lived in the city. The city is the largest area of commercial and residential development in Livingston Parish. Denham Springs and Walker are the only parish municipalities classified as cities. The area has been known as Amite Springs, Hill's Springs, and Denham Springs.
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2 towns share a border with Denham Springs.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denham Springs | #4 | A− | A− | — | A | C+ |
| Central | #9 | B+ | C | — | A | B+ |
| St. George | — | — | — | — | B− | — |
Denham Springs, Central and St. George report no FBI crime data of their own. St. George isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Denham Springs with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Denham Springs grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #4 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades C+ for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
5 notable people were born here, including Lester Ricard and Andrew Odom.
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