How the Lafayette, LA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Lafayette, LA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202630 of 31 ZIP codes scored · 0.41M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Lafayette, LA metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 30 of 30- 3,74470503in Lafayette · 28,643 residents61.62
- 6,60770558in Milton · 24 residents57.75
- 6,69170508in Lafayette · 40,592 residents57.65
- 7,48570592in Youngsville · 32,167 residents56.77
- 13,25870518in Broussard · 17,263 residents52.14
- 16,33870519in Cade · 71 residents49.93
- 17,67470507in Lafayette · 20,096 residents48.99
- 19,47270555in Maurice · 8,759 residents47.58
- 20,23970506in Lafayette · 42,318 residents46.94
- 21,06770520in Carencro · 20,390 residents46.23
- 23,27570516in Branch · 1,267 residents44.15
- 23,39270529in Duson · 12,949 residents44.03
- 23,40570537in Evangeline · 381 residents44.01
- 23,61170531in Egan · 1,477 residents43.80
- 24,01570543in Iota · 4,082 residents43.39
- 25,26770533in Erath · 7,099 residents41.93
- 27,01770583in Scott · 8,386 residents39.60
- 27,67470525in Church Point · 14,687 residents38.59
- 27,80970582in Saint Martinville · 19,209 residents38.36
- 28,84270542in Gueydan · 3,186 residents36.32
- 28,86270515in Basile · 3,978 residents36.29
- 29,07070517in Breaux Bridge · 26,024 residents35.83
- 29,30370559in Morse · 2,699 residents35.22
- 29,55170548in Kaplan · 8,780 residents34.52
- 29,61170534in Estherwood · 622 residents34.33
- 29,67170510in Abbeville · 24,107 residents34.18
- 29,72870556in Mermentau · 627 residents34.02
- 30,31370578in Rayne · 16,432 residents31.99
- 31,17870501in Lafayette · 26,465 residents27.45
- 31,47070526in Crowley · 16,566 residents25.04
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 30 of 30- 31,47070526in Crowley · 16,566 residents25.04
- 31,17870501in Lafayette · 26,465 residents27.45
- 30,31370578in Rayne · 16,432 residents31.99
- 29,72870556in Mermentau · 627 residents34.02
- 29,67170510in Abbeville · 24,107 residents34.18
- 29,61170534in Estherwood · 622 residents34.33
- 29,55170548in Kaplan · 8,780 residents34.52
- 29,30370559in Morse · 2,699 residents35.22
- 29,07070517in Breaux Bridge · 26,024 residents35.83
- 28,86270515in Basile · 3,978 residents36.29
- 28,84270542in Gueydan · 3,186 residents36.32
- 27,80970582in Saint Martinville · 19,209 residents38.36
- 27,67470525in Church Point · 14,687 residents38.59
- 27,01770583in Scott · 8,386 residents39.60
- 25,26770533in Erath · 7,099 residents41.93
- 24,01570543in Iota · 4,082 residents43.39
- 23,61170531in Egan · 1,477 residents43.80
- 23,40570537in Evangeline · 381 residents44.01
- 23,39270529in Duson · 12,949 residents44.03
- 23,27570516in Branch · 1,267 residents44.15
- 21,06770520in Carencro · 20,390 residents46.23
- 20,23970506in Lafayette · 42,318 residents46.94
- 19,47270555in Maurice · 8,759 residents47.58
- 17,67470507in Lafayette · 20,096 residents48.99
- 16,33870519in Cade · 71 residents49.93
- 13,25870518in Broussard · 17,263 residents52.14
- 7,48570592in Youngsville · 32,167 residents56.77
- 6,69170508in Lafayette · 40,592 residents57.65
- 6,60770558in Milton · 24 residents57.75
- 3,74470503in Lafayette · 28,643 residents61.62
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Lafayette, LA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
6 of 30 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 70508 Lafayette70510 Abbeville70526 Crowley
Standing highest: 70503 Lafayette70558 Milton70592 Youngsville
Standing highest: 70503 Lafayette70508 Lafayette70592 Youngsville
Standing highest: 70503 Lafayette70519 Cade70525 Church Point
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 30 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 409,346 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Lafayette, LA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.