StarksLA
A town of 314, settled in 1898.
Is Starks a good place to live?
Starks’ average trip to work is 47 minutes, against 25 minutes in Louisiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Of the 161 Louisiana towns we compare, none has a lower median household income than Starks. Starks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
314 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Starks: who provides what
Starks is unincorporated, so Calcasieu 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 Starks.
A smaller share of households own their home in Starks than in most of Louisiana or the rest of the country
25% of Starks households own their home, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 68% and U.S. towns at 73%. The typical Starks home is worth about $121,000, up 1.6% in a year, 44% below the Louisiana typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The schools Starks’s kids attend
Its public schools are run by the Calcasieu Parish school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starks High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 284 | C |
NCES · EDFacts
Starks faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Starks’ workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Starks for work: only 2% work in town. 44% of Starks residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Lake Charles (20%), Sulphur (6%) and Baton Rouge (4%).
| Starks | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 44% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Starks has mild winters and hot summers
Starks has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Starks is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More of Starks’ adults have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical Louisiana or U.S. town
33% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Starks. Starks beats the Louisiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 46% of adults have obesity in Starks.
| Starks | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 27% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 34% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Starks | LA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 29.9% | 18.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.9% | 8.5% |
| More smokers | 24.8% | 17.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Starks
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Starks; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Starks residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
98% of working residents leave Starks for work
Where Starks’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Starks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Starks, LA a good place to live?
Starks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.