OssunLA
A town of 2,271, settled in 1904. Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Is Ossun a good place to live?
The best of Ossun’s subject grades are an A− for schools and cost of living; the weakest is a D− for health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Only 3 of the 162 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Ossun. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. On history, just 5 of Louisiana’s 254 towns do worse. Ossun has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Ossun stand out
Where Ossun beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
99% of working residents leave Ossun for work
Where Ossun’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Ossun grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Ossun is from typical.
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Moving to Ossun: who provides what
Ossun is unincorporated, so Lafayette 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 Ossun.
Residents of Ossun are less healthy than 97% of U.S. towns
Ossun beats the Louisiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 25% of adults smoke cigarettes in Ossun, above both Louisiana’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (14%). 34% of Ossun adults worry about having enough food.
| Ossun | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 26% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 27% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 12% |
| What stands out | Ossun | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.4% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 34.2% | 22.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ossun’s public schools outperform 84% of Louisiana districts
Its public schools are run by the Lafayette Parish school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ossun Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 498 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Ossun
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Ossun’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Ossun for work: only 1% work in town. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Ossun, against 20% in Louisiana’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Ossun’s median household income is $41,000.
| Ossun | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 25% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $41,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Ossun
Ossun has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Ossun is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Ossun sell for about $188K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Ossun
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Ossun
About 3 of every 100 Ossun residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
About Ossun
Census-designated place
Ossun is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,145. The community is named after the area of Ossun, France, near Lourdes.
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Questions about Ossun
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ossun, LA a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.