ErwinvilleLA
A town of 2,420, settled in 1895.
Is Erwinville a good place to live?
The best of Erwinville’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for health. 53% of residents live below the poverty line in Erwinville, above both Louisiana’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On cost of living, just 13 of Louisiana’s 253 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Erwinville has 7 places on the National Register. Erwinville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Erwinville for work
Where Erwinville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Erwinville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Erwinville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Erwinville: who provides what
Erwinville is unincorporated, so West Baton Rouge 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 Erwinville.
Erwinville is less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns
Erwinville beats the Louisiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 46% of Erwinville adults have high blood pressure, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 44% and U.S. towns at 35%. 17% of adults have diabetes in Erwinville.
| Erwinville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 44% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Erwinville | LA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8.5% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 5% | 4.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Erwinville’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Erwinville for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Erwinville is 27 minutes. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (26%), Port Allen (7%) and New Orleans (3%).
| Erwinville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Erwinville
Erwinville has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Erwinville’s July high is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Erwinville, with hurricanes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Erwinville sells for about $240K at the median
77% of Erwinville households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Erwinville has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
1.9 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Tiger Stadium and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Erwinville. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaTiger Stadium
14 mi MuseumUSS Kidd
15 mi Stadium & arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center26 mi Theme parkBlue Bayou and Dixie Landin'
14 mi MuseumShaw Center for the Arts
14 mi MuseumYazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company DepotPhoto credits
Tiger 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 · Shaw Center for the Arts: UrbanPlanet BR (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Erwinville
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Erwinville
About 4 of every 100 Erwinville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
About Erwinville
Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States
Erwinville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Erwinville had a population of 2,275. U.S. Route 190 passes through the community.
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- Area
- 8.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 23 ft
- ZIP code
- 70729
Questions about Erwinville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Erwinville, LA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $190,000, 11% below the Louisiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.