Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Swartz grades C overall, 57th among Louisiana's 161 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 80% of Louisiana towns and natural-hazard risk is low. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $200K, 3.9 years of the Monroe metro’s $52K median household income. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns.
Where Swartz beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Swartz Upper Elementary School | 3–5 | 350 |
| Swartz Lower Elementary School | PK–2 | 325 |
Where Swartz’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 Swartz is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,698 in 1990, 4,354 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1935 on.
Swartz is unincorporated, so Ouachita 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 Swartz.
Swartz carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Louisiana (mostly inland flooding), looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Louisiana.
Its public schools are run by the Ouachita Parish school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swartz Upper Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 350 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of Louisiana towns; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Swartz’s FEMA risk score is 20 of 100, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 88 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Swartz has 198 jobs for its 1,643 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Swartz for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Swartz has added 46 jobs, to 198 in 2023. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Swartz, below Louisiana’s towns (20%) but above U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Swartz | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 35.8°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 88% of Louisiana places with climate records; July afternoons average 92.8°.
Swartz has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Swartz’s July high is 93°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Swartz | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 93°F | 92°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 42°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 81% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
Swartz beats the Louisiana average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 17% of Swartz adults worry about having enough food.
| Swartz | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 26% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 44% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Swartz | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 17.4% | 22.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 18 to 34 are 27% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Swartz is 35.5 years. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 27% across Louisiana.
| Swartz | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35.5 years | 37.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 20% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 24% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.7 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 86% are men (LA 51%).
| Swartz | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.3% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.1% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.9% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.1% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 32.8% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.4% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,100, single groups can be off by several points
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Swartz. Close and well known come first.
33 mi National MonumentPoverty Point National Monument
17 mi Ancient siteWatson Brake
6 mi MuseumChennault Aviation and Military Museum
9 mi GardenBiedenharn Museum and Gardens10 mi Zoo & aquariumLouisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo
38 mi TheatreDixie Center for the ArtsPoverty Point National Monument: Unknown, Public domain · Watson Brake: Herb Roe, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chennault Aviation and Military Museum: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Biedenharn Museum and Gardens: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dixie Center for the Arts: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Swartz
About 5 of every 100 Swartz residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Swartz is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,354 at the 2020 United States census. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Swartz grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #57 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades C+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $200,000, 7% below 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.
