VentressLA
A town of 1,166, settled in 1885.
Is Ventress a good place to live?
Ventress’ weakest subject grade is a D− for walkability. Ventress has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Ventress stand out
Where Ventress beats most towns.
1,166 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Ventress grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Ventress is from typical.
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Moving to Ventress: who provides what
Ventress is unincorporated, so Pointe Coupee 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 Ventress.
A home in Ventress is worth about $294K, on Zillow’s estimate
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 5.1% in value. The median rent for Ventress comes to $1,190 a month, above Louisiana’s towns ($990 a month) and close to U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Ventress: 70% of households live in a home they own.
| Ventress | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,190 a month | $990 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 68% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Ventress has 0.7 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half the trips to work are shorter than 22 miles. Since 2013, Ventress has added 244 jobs, to 248 in 2023. The mean commuting time for Ventress comes to 34 minutes. 9.2% of residents live below the poverty line in the town, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Ventress | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.2% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Ventress faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Ventress after 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2026.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Louisiana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (37% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (24% statewide). The age of the median resident in Ventress is 43.8 years. 25% never finished high school. For residents in the town, the share who are 65 or older is 22%.
| Ventress | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.8 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 20% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 35% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Ventress’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±12.4 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Ventress | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 2.5% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.1% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 25.2% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.7% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.5% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.4% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.8% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Ventress is less healthy than three in five U.S. towns
Among 162 Louisiana towns, just 10 have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Ventress. The town does better than the Louisiana average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3. In Ventress, just over a third of adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Ventress | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 42% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 44% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 43% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 82% | 79% |
| What stands out | Ventress | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 12.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.9% | 22.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Ventress
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Ventress; the nearest are
About 13 of every 100 Ventress residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
99% of working residents leave Ventress for work
Where Ventress’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ventress
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Ventress is a census-designated place located in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the northeastern end of the False River. As of the 2020 census, Ventress had a population of 800. It is home to the Hunter Fabre Post 248 American Legion Hall on Legion Road (Louisiana Highway 413).
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- Elevation
- 33 ft
- ZIP code
- 70783
Questions about Ventress
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ventress, LA expensive?
That is 4.2 years of the area's median household income ($69,599 across the Baton Rouge, LA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.