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Maurice is a small town of 2,584 people in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It's about 9 miles from Lafayette, LA and 197 miles from Houston, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 62°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $241k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,584people
$241kTypical home
$1,053/moRent
91° / 62°Summer / winter
0"Snow
248Sunny days
111Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,584
- Part of a metro area
- About 928 people per sq mi
- 197 mi to Houston, TX
- 9 mi to Lafayette, LA
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $241k (≈$1,520/mo)
- Median rent $1,053/mo
- Median household income $91k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 62°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 248 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 117 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 111 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (40 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (292 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 47% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 11 mi to LFT airport
- 111 mi to MSY (major hub)
- 11 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2011
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 30 ft
- 21 mi to the ocean
- 27 mi to a big lake
- 58 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 23 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 313 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 45 bars within 25 mi
- 96 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 19 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 12% of Louisiana districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 42 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Vermilion Parish: R+64 in 2024
- Louisiana: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk