How the Lake Charles, LA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Lake Charles, LA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202625 of 25 ZIP codes scored · 0.25M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Lake Charles, LA metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 25 of 25- 12,47070605in Lake Charles · 40,482 residents52.72
- 15,20870611in Lake Charles · 22,124 residents50.75
- 16,60070646in Hayes · 877 residents49.74
- 16,91370647in Iowa · 12,736 residents49.52
- 17,99670630in Bell City · 1,478 residents48.75
- 19,28370645in Hackberry · 899 residents47.73
- 19,70670650in Lacassine · 218 residents47.37
- 24,16170665in Sulphur · 13,222 residents43.25
- 24,95670631in Cameron · 370 residents42.32
- 25,64870633in DeQuincy · 8,486 residents41.51
- 26,45770669in Westlake · 9,552 residents40.43
- 26,96870632in Creole · 131 residents39.67
- 26,98170643in Grand Chenier · 87 residents39.65
- 27,48070591in Welsh · 5,983 residents38.89
- 27,77670663in Sulphur · 27,799 residents38.41
- 28,17170581in Roanoke · 958 residents37.74
- 28,60270546in Jennings · 15,242 residents36.86
- 28,72970532in Elton · 2,434 residents36.56
- 28,82470640in Fenton · 196 residents36.37
- 29,26870607in Lake Charles · 27,080 residents35.33
- 29,85270601in Lake Charles · 30,872 residents33.66
- 30,04670615in Lake Charles · 12,980 residents32.99
- 30,38370549in Lake Arthur · 3,874 residents31.70
- 30,87870661in Starks · 1,861 residents29.42
- 30,93570668in Vinton · 6,169 residents29.07
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 25 of 25- 30,93570668in Vinton · 6,169 residents29.07
- 30,87870661in Starks · 1,861 residents29.42
- 30,38370549in Lake Arthur · 3,874 residents31.70
- 30,04670615in Lake Charles · 12,980 residents32.99
- 29,85270601in Lake Charles · 30,872 residents33.66
- 29,26870607in Lake Charles · 27,080 residents35.33
- 28,82470640in Fenton · 196 residents36.37
- 28,72970532in Elton · 2,434 residents36.56
- 28,60270546in Jennings · 15,242 residents36.86
- 28,17170581in Roanoke · 958 residents37.74
- 27,77670663in Sulphur · 27,799 residents38.41
- 27,48070591in Welsh · 5,983 residents38.89
- 26,98170643in Grand Chenier · 87 residents39.65
- 26,96870632in Creole · 131 residents39.67
- 26,45770669in Westlake · 9,552 residents40.43
- 25,64870633in DeQuincy · 8,486 residents41.51
- 24,95670631in Cameron · 370 residents42.32
- 24,16170665in Sulphur · 13,222 residents43.25
- 19,70670650in Lacassine · 218 residents47.37
- 19,28370645in Hackberry · 899 residents47.73
- 17,99670630in Bell City · 1,478 residents48.75
- 16,91370647in Iowa · 12,736 residents49.52
- 16,60070646in Hayes · 877 residents49.74
- 15,20870611in Lake Charles · 22,124 residents50.75
- 12,47070605in Lake Charles · 40,482 residents52.72
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Lake Charles, 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
5 of 25 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 70601 Lake Charles70615 Lake Charles70669 Westlake
Standing highest: 70605 Lake Charles70643 Grand Chenier70645 Hackberry
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 25 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 246,110 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 Lake Charles, 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.