Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, settled in 1910, counts 6,310 residents.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Walkability is its weak spot. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Lacombe’s overall grade of B− puts it better than 45% of U.S. towns, 38th of 161 in Louisiana. It also trails on health: residents are less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Hazard risk is weaker too (D−): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Where it does best is cost of living (A): a typical home costs about $218K, 2.7 years of the Slidell metro’s $81K median household income. This Louisiana town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Lacombe School and Francois Cousin House.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Lacombe beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Chahta-Ima Elementary School | PK–3 | 319 |
| Bayou Lacombe Middle | 4–6 | 209 |
Where Lacombe’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 Lacombe is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 88% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 1%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 6,523 in 1990, 8,657 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 4 maps from 1935 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lacombe is unincorporated, so St. Tammany 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Lacombe.
Lacombe pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally.
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Lacombe after 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2026. Expected losses in Lacombe break down as 50% from hurricanes and 27% from inland flooding. Also worth knowing: since 1979, 1,206 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $218K.
The St. Tammany Parish school district runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 2 public schools serve Lacombe, with 528 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chahta-Ima Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 319 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 70% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
Lacombe: 15% of adults report frequent physical distress. Among adults here, 32% feel lonely, below Louisiana’s towns (37%) and close to U.S. towns (33%). CDC measures, 32 in all: Lacombe beats Louisiana on 10 and trails on 1. In Lacombe, 44% of adults have high blood pressure, and 17% worry about having enough food.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 44% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 26% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 12% |
| What stands out | Lacombe | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 16.8% | 22.5% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.6% | 18.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lacombe has 819 jobs for its 3,357 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 33.7 minutes, against 25.7 across Louisiana.
In Lacombe, the average commute is 34 minutes. For most workers, Lacombe is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. The town had 819 jobs in 2023, up 206 from 2013. Among residents here, 18% live below the poverty line.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.4% | 5.6% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For residents here, the share who are 65 or older is 22%. In Lacombe, the midpoint age is 46.3 years, above both the Louisiana town median (37.8 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Here, 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 27% in Louisiana as a whole.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 12% | 24% | 22% |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 20% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2 points). Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Lacombe | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.2% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 32.6% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.1% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The biggest park or preserve is Boy Scout Trail, at 36 acres. Trails total 7.2 miles in 2 parks and preserves. For Lacombe, the concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Boy Scout Trail | 0.4 mi | 36 |
| 2. Bayou Lacombe Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
January nights average 41.7°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.3°.
The midsummer high here is 91°F. It almost never snows.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 42°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes sold in Lacombe spent a median 55 days on the market. Zillow values the typical Lacombe home at about $218,000, up 1.5% in a year, close to the Louisiana typical home. In Lacombe, just over nine in ten households are owner-occupiers.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $886 a month | $992 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lacombe. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
27 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
19 mi LandmarkFort Macomb
21 mi Stadium & arenaLakefront Arena
24 mi City parkCity ParkLake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Caesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National World War II Museum: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Macomb: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5 · Lakefront Arena: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0 · City Park: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.5
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lacombe
About 6 of every 100 Lacombe residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Lacombe is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,679 at the 2010 census, and 8,657 in 2020.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lacombe grades B− overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #38 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.
