MontzLA
Population 2,074: a town settled in 1905.
Is Montz a good place to live?
Montz’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and schools; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. On incomes, just 4 of Louisiana’s 250 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Only 13 of Louisiana’s 253 towns score lower on cost of living. Only 21 of Louisiana’s 254 towns score lower on history. Montz has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Montz for work
Where Montz’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Montz grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Montz is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Montz: who provides what
Montz is unincorporated, so St. Charles 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 Montz.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Montz, mostly hurricanes
Among 163 Louisiana towns, just 9 have a higher FEMA hazard score than Montz. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Montz after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. 53% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 28%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Montz stands out in Louisiana and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
Since 2013, Montz has lost 102 jobs, to 220 in 2023. Montz: 0.4% of working residents work locally, below both the Louisiana town median (9.8%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). In Montz, the typical journey to work is 28 minutes. The top destinations are New Orleans (11%), Metairie (10%) and Kenner (6%).
| Montz | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Louisiana overall
Nearly a fifth of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 27% across Louisiana. Adults 35 to 64 are just over half of residents (37% statewide); people 65 and older are 11% of residents (17% statewide). The share of residents in Montz who are under 18: 21%. Its age of the median resident is 42.4 years, against 37.8 years in Louisiana’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns.
| Montz | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 19% | 20% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 137 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.3 points). Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 71% are men (LA 49%).
| Montz | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.1% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.4% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.3% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.2% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.8% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 46.1% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.7% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.9% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.8% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Mild winters and hot summers in Montz
July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 43° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Montz is healthier than 53% of U.S. towns
Of 32 CDC measures, Montz beats the Louisiana average on 16 and trails it on 2. In Montz, just over a fifth of adults binge drink. Only 5 of the 162 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have diabetes than Montz.
| Montz | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 27% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Montz | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.2% | 18.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.2% | 22.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 20.7% | 16.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Montz, 0.5% of the land is conserved
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 1.3 miles of trail. Montz has one park or preserve, 12 acres in all. The concentration of trails for Montz comes to 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Montz | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Montz Park | 0.6 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Louisiana and the rest of the country, more of Montz’s households are owner-occupiers
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Caesars Superdome and 38 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Montz. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw24 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
11 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District
24 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
22 mi City parkCity Park
39 mi LandmarkFort MacombPhoto credits
Caesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National World War II Museum: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 3.0 · City Park: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.5 · Fort Macomb: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5
Everything we know about Montz
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Montz; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Montz residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
Montz’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Montz.
Montz has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Montz and Laplace report no FBI crime data of their own. Taft and Killona aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Montz with a neighbor →
Questions about Montz
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Montz, LA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $309,000, 44% above 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 C−.