Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,905.
The best of North Vacherie’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D− for health. North Vacherie’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, above both Louisiana’s towns (0.2) and U.S. towns (0.4). Laura Plantation is on the National Register of Historic Places. North Vacherie has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
2,346 counted in 2010 and 2,093 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far North Vacherie is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,354 in 1990, 2,093 in 2020. The archive holds 6 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →North Vacherie is unincorporated, so St. James 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 North Vacherie.
In North Vacherie, 48% of adults sleep under 7 hours, above both the Louisiana town median (42%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). On the CDC’s 32 measures, North Vacherie is ahead of Louisiana on 3 and behind on 13. Also worth knowing: only 4 of the 162 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than North Vacherie. 31% of adults worry about having enough food in the town.
| North Vacherie | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 51% | 44% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 42% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 43% | 35% |
| What stands out | North Vacherie | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.6% | 16.9% |
| More adults getting a yearly checkup | 85.4% | 81.8% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 18.1% | 12.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 90% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 61% of North Vacherie’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 14% to drought. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1981: 16.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Since 2013, North Vacherie has added 38 jobs, to 433 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm here: 7% of working residents work locally. In North Vacherie, nearly a fifth of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are New Orleans (7%), Lutcher (7%) and Baton Rouge (4%).
| North Vacherie | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.7% | 9.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 25%, against 27% across Louisiana. North Vacherie’s midpoint age stands at 37.3 years.
| North Vacherie | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37.3 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 20% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9.3 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| North Vacherie | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 19% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.1% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.5% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.4% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 16.8% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 10.2% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.3% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.9% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.4% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
For households in North Vacherie, the share who are owner-occupiers is 73%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Vacherie. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw39 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
40 mi Stadium & arenaTiger Stadium
4 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District
39 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
37 mi City parkCity ParkCaesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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
None within 15 miles of North Vacherie; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 North Vacherie residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
Where North Vacherie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
North Vacherie is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Vacherie had a population of 2,093. Vacherie was noted in the 2000 census as being the town with the least mobility of all in the United States.
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2 towns share a border with North Vacherie.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Vacherie | — | — | A | — | A− | D− |
| Paulina | — | — | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Wallace | — | — | — | — | — | — |
North Vacherie and Paulina have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. North Vacherie and Paulina report no FBI crime data of their own. Wallace isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Vacherie with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $222,000, 4% 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 A.
