Electric companies in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Q: St. Landry Parish, LA: what do homes pay for electricity?

St. Landry Parish, LA homes paid 11.05 to 12.33 cents per kWh in 2024 across 3 listed utilities: $133 to $148 a month at 1,202 kWh, 3.49% to 3.90% of St. Landry Parish, LA income.

Q: St. Landry Parish, LA: how many homes heat with electricity?

St. Landry Parish, LA: 22,180 of 31,638 occupied homes, 70.1%, rank 19 of 64.

Q: St. Landry Parish, LA: median household income?

$45,637 in St. Landry Parish, LA, rank 47 of 64; 82,128 residents, 31,638 households.

Q: St. Landry Parish, LA: outage-linked storms since 2015?

St. Landry Parish, LA: 81 NWS events, peak year 2024.

Q: St. Landry Parish, LA: flood insurance claims since 2015?

St. Landry Parish, LA: 367 NFIP flood claims, $13.2M paid, 10.4 per 1,000 homes, 6.3% of homes insured.

Q: How old are the homes in St. Landry Parish, LA?

St. Landry Parish, LA: median home built 1979; 52.4% predate 1980, 68.1% detached, 4.5% in 5+ unit buildings.

Q: St. Landry Parish, LA: share of income for energy?

St. Landry Parish, LA homes spend $1,870 a year on electricity, $2,164 on all energy: 3.6% of $59,441; 11.4% for lower incomes.

St. Landry Parish, LA ranks 7 of 64 Louisiana counties for tornado risk, FEMA score 94.1. St. Landry Parish in Louisiana has 82,128 residents and 3 utilities listed by EIA, with home prices of 11.05 to 12.33 cents per kWh.

St. Landry Parish on the map

St. Landry Parish darker: more storm events

Outage risk in St. Landry Parish

St. Landry Parish, LA, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 81 in all, 98.6 per 100,000 residents of 82,128, rank 30 of 64 Louisiana counties. Property damage in St. Landry Parish, LA: $122.2M, with 20 direct injuries or deaths.

Events by year in St. Landry Parish, LA

events a year, St. Landry Parish, LA

4'15
2'16
13'17
5'18
6'19
8'20
7'21
0'22
11'23
19'24
6'25

Events by type

events by type, St. Landry Parish, LA

Thunderstorm and high wind56
Tornado18
Hurricane and tropical storm3
Winter storm and heavy snow2
Ice storm1
Heat wave1

St. Landry Parish, LA outage-linked hazards
St. Landry Parish, LA	FEMA	Score	Rank	Events	Peak	Damage
St. Landry Parish, LA, thunderstorm and high wind	Relatively Moderate	60.5	28 of 64	56	2024 (16)	$320K
St. Landry Parish, LA, tornado	Relatively High	94.1	7 of 64	18	2021 (5)	$1.9M
St. Landry Parish, LA, hurricane and tropical storm	Relatively Moderate	92.2	26 of 64	3	2020 (2)	$120.0M
St. Landry Parish, LA, ice storm	Relatively High	84.8	17 of 64	1	2021 (1)	$0
St. Landry Parish, LA, winter storm and heavy snow	Relatively Low	50.3	12 of 64	2	2021 (1)	$0
St. Landry Parish, LA, heat wave	Relatively Moderate	88.0	18 of 64	1	2023 (1)	$0

ZIP codes in St. Landry Parish

70512
70525
70535
70541
70550
70551
70570
70577
70584
70589
70750
71322
71345
71353
71356
71358
71362

Electric utilities in St. Landry Parish

Utility listed for St. Landry Parish, LA	Type	Home price ¢/kWh	Yearly bill at 1,202 kWh	Share of St. Landry Parish, LA median income of $45,637
Entergy Louisiana LLC in St. Landry Parish, LA	Investor Owned	11.05	$1,594	3.49%
Southwest Louisiana E M C in St. Landry Parish, LA	Cooperative	11.55	$1,666	3.65%
Cleco Power LLC in St. Landry Parish, LA	Investor Owned	12.33	$1,778	3.90%

Prices are statewide utility averages, not a county price.

Facts about St. Landry Parish

Residents of St. Landry Parish, LA, ACS 2023: 82,12816 of 64 Louisiana counties
Households in St. Landry Parish, LA: 31,6382.60 people each
Owner-occupied homes in St. Landry Parish, LA: 70.0%22,159 owner and 9,479 renter households
Median household income in St. Landry Parish, LA: $45,63747 of 64 Louisiana counties
Housing units in St. Landry Parish, LA: 37,0015,363 vacant or seasonal, 14.5% of the units
Homes heated by electricity in St. Landry Parish, LA: 70.1%22,180 homes, 19 of 64 Louisiana counties
Utilities listed for St. Landry Parish, LA: 33 with a home price: Entergy Louisiana LLC, Southwest Louisiana E M C, Cleco Power LLC
Lowest home price in St. Landry Parish, LA: 11.05 ¢/kWhEntergy Louisiana LLC, 10.4% below the highest
Highest home price in St. Landry Parish, LA: 12.33 ¢/kWhCleco Power LLC
Monthly bill gap in St. Landry Parish, LA: $15between the two at 1,202 kWh, $184 a year, 0.40% of the St. Landry Parish, LA median income
ZIP areas touching St. Landry Parish, LA: 1770512 to 71362
Outage-linked storm events in St. Landry Parish, LA: 81NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025
Homes built before 1980 in St. Landry Parish, LA: 52.4%median year built 1979
Flood claims in St. Landry Parish, LA: 367NFIP 2015 to 2025, $13.2M paid
Home energy burden in St. Landry Parish, LA: 3.6%$1,870 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Housing and heating in St. Landry Parish

St. Landry Parish, LA: 19,374 of 37,001 homes were built before 1980 and 7,613 in 2000 or later. St. Landry Parish, LA has 25,185 detached houses, 1,647 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 7,697 mobile homes, and 9,479 of 31,638 households rent.

Age of homes in St. Landry Parish, LA

% of homes by decade built, St. Landry Parish, LA

3pre-40
340s
950s
1860s
1970s
1780s
1090s
1200s
810s
020+

Heating fuel in St. Landry Parish, LA

% of homes by main fuel, St. Landry Parish

Electricity70.1
Utility gas26.4
Propane2.8

St. Landry Parish, LA housing against Louisiana counties
St. Landry Parish, LA	Value	State median	Gap	Rank
St. Landry Parish, LA, median year built	1979	1982	-3 years	44 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, built before 1980	52.4%	47.1%	+5.3 points	17 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, built 2000 or later	20.6%	25.0%	-4.4 points	47 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, detached houses	68.1%	67.8%	+0.2 points	31 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, apartments in 5+ unit buildings	4.5%	3.5%	+1.0 points	26 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, mobile homes	20.8%	20.1%	+0.7 points	31 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, renter households	30.0%	28.1%	+1.8 points	25 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, median home value	$142,900	$150,850	-$7,950	37 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, median gross rent a month	$742	$806	-$64	46 of 63
St. Landry Parish, LA, people per household	2.56	2.54	+0.02	26 of 64

Cost of living with electricity in St. Landry Parish

St. Landry Parish, LA: electricity $1,870 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,164, 3.6% of $59,441 income. 30,888 households in St. Landry Parish, LA spend about $57.8 million a year on electricity and $66.8 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in St. Landry Parish, LA ($17,540 a year) spend 11.4% of income, 3.1 times the all-home figure.

Energy burden in St. Landry Parish, LA

% of income on energy, St. Landry Parish, LA

All households3.6
Lower income11.4
Owners3.2
Renters5.7
Louisiana counties2.7

St. Landry Parish, LA home energy cost by household group
St. Landry Parish, LA	Homes	Income	Power	Gas	Other	Burden
St. Landry Parish, LA, all households	30,888	$59,441	$1,870	$282	$12	3.6%
St. Landry Parish, LA, lower income	13,680	$17,540	$1,735	$260	$5	11.4%
St. Landry Parish, LA, owners	21,194	$71,824	$1,962	$332	$16	3.2%
St. Landry Parish, LA, renters	9,694	$32,369	$1,668	$173	$3	5.7%

Flood claims and flood insurance in St. Landry Parish

St. Landry Parish, LA: 367 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $13.2M paid, median paid claim $28,732.

2,223 of 35,132 residential structures in St. Landry Parish, LA carry an NFIP contract. 2,384 NFIP policies of any type were in force in St. Landry Parish, LA on 8 Sep 2026. St. Landry Parish, LA lists 112 repetitive-loss properties, 14 of them severe repetitive loss.

St. Landry Parish, LA: claims history, not an outage count.

Flood claims by year in St. Landry Parish, LA

flood claims a year, St. Landry Parish, LA

<5'15
305'16
15'17
<5'18
13'19
13'20
<5'21
<5'22
<5'23
5'24
<5'25

St. Landry Parish, LA flood claims and flood insurance
St. Landry Parish, LA	Value	Median county	Rank
St. Landry Parish, LA, claims 2015-2025	367	—	24 of 62
St. Landry Parish, LA, paid 2015-2025	$13.2M	—	23 of 62
St. Landry Parish, LA, median paid claim	$28,732	—	—
St. Landry Parish, LA, claims per 1,000 homes	10.4	14.3	40 of 62
St. Landry Parish, LA, homes with flood insurance	6.3%	7.3%	35 of 64
St. Landry Parish, LA, policies in force	2,384	—	—
St. Landry Parish, LA, repetitive-loss properties	112	—	—

St. Landry Parish, LA: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

St. Landry Parish: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Analyst note on St. Landry Parish

St. Landry Parish, LA touches 17 ZIP areas, 70512 to 71362, about 4,831 residents each. St. Landry Parish, LA counts 82,128 residents in 31,638 households. Household income in St. Landry Parish, LA is $45,637; 22,159 of its 31,638 households own.

22,180 of the 31,638 homes in St. Landry Parish, LA heat with electricity. St. Landry Parish, LA has 37,001 housing units, 5,363 (14.5%) vacant or seasonal, and 9,479 rented homes. St. Landry Parish, LA logged 81 storm events for its 82,128 residents.

The median home in St. Landry Parish, LA dates from 1979. Homes in St. Landry Parish, LA pay $1,870 a year for electricity. St. Landry Parish, LA home prices run Entergy Louisiana LLC to Cleco Power LLC, $15 a month apart at 1,202 kWh.

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Compare St. Landry Parish with its neighbours

Lafayette Parish sits 22 miles south of St. Landry Parish, LA with 245,075 residents, 53 storm events, median home built 1988, energy burden 2.2%, income $67,660.
Evangeline Parish sits 26 miles northwest of St. Landry Parish, LA with 32,162 residents, 37 storm events, median home built 1980, energy burden 4.2%, income $42,273.
St. Martin Parish sits 27 miles southeast of St. Landry Parish, LA with 51,559 residents, 47 storm events, median home built 1987, energy burden 3.2%, income $53,394.
Acadia Parish sits 29 miles southwest of St. Landry Parish, LA with 57,218 residents, 67 storm events, median home built 1979, energy burden 3.4%, income $45,266.
Pointe Coupee Parish sits 31 miles northeast of St. Landry Parish, LA with 20,438 residents, 64 storm events, median home built 1985, energy burden 2.8%, income $59,351.

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Questions on St. Landry Parish

St. Landry Parish, LA: what do homes pay for electricity?