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Lake Charles, LA metro ZIP codes, ranked by the ZipVitals Score

Every Lake Charles, LA metro ZIP code (ZCTA) with a ZipVitals Score, ranked within the metro — descriptive of documented conditions, never a verdict on the people who live there.

Data release 202625 ZIP codes in this ranking

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#ZIP code · locatorScore
  1. 12,47070605in Lake Charles · 40,482 residents52.72
  2. 15,20870611in Lake Charles · 22,124 residents50.75
  3. 16,60070646in Hayes · 877 residents49.74
  4. 16,91370647in Iowa · 12,736 residents49.52
  5. 17,99670630in Bell City · 1,478 residents48.75
  6. 19,28370645in Hackberry · 899 residents47.73
  7. 19,70670650in Lacassine · 218 residents47.37
  8. 24,16170665in Sulphur · 13,222 residents43.25
  9. 24,95670631in Cameron · 370 residents42.32
  10. 25,64870633in DeQuincy · 8,486 residents41.51
  11. 26,45770669in Westlake · 9,552 residents40.43
  12. 26,96870632in Creole · 131 residents39.67
  13. 26,98170643in Grand Chenier · 87 residents39.65
  14. 27,48070591in Welsh · 5,983 residents38.89
  15. 27,77670663in Sulphur · 27,799 residents38.41
  16. 28,17170581in Roanoke · 958 residents37.74
  17. 28,60270546in Jennings · 15,242 residents36.86
  18. 28,72970532in Elton · 2,434 residents36.56
  19. 28,82470640in Fenton · 196 residents36.37
  20. 29,26870607in Lake Charles · 27,080 residents35.33
  21. 29,85270601in Lake Charles · 30,872 residents33.66
  22. 30,04670615in Lake Charles · 12,980 residents32.99
  23. 30,38370549in Lake Arthur · 3,874 residents31.70
  24. 30,87870661in Starks · 1,861 residents29.42
  25. 30,93570668in Vinton · 6,169 residents29.07

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Ranks are each ZIP code’s position in the full national ZipVitals Score ranking, so the numbers jump — this metro holds 25 of the tens of thousands of scored US ZIP codes — and they never change with the sort direction; the rank a ZIP carries here is the rank it carries everywhere on this site. A ZIP whose data is too thin to score is held out entirely rather than filled from county or metro figures.

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A high score describes favorable documented conditions — never a claim about residents. Where ZIP codes score low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.