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Louisiana Freedom Map

Compare all 64 Louisiana counties for tiny homes, RV living, off-grid living, homesteading, land affordability, solar, broadband, climate, public land, and county-rule research.

County profiles64
Regions9
Verified profiles0
Top score87

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Acadia County: Freedom Score 59Allen County: Freedom Score 74Ascension County: Freedom Score 41Assumption County: Freedom Score 59Avoyelles County: Freedom Score 58Beauregard County: Freedom Score 70Bienville County: Freedom Score 71Bossier County: Freedom Score 52Caddo County: Freedom Score 43Calcasieu County: Freedom Score 49Caldwell County: Freedom Score 73Cameron County: Freedom Score 62Catahoula County: Freedom Score 86Claiborne County: Freedom Score 72Concordia County: Freedom Score 63De Soto County: Freedom Score 58East Baton Rouge County: Freedom Score 36East Carroll County: Freedom Score 84East Feliciana County: Freedom Score 60Evangeline County: Freedom Score 60Franklin County: Freedom Score 69Grant County: Freedom Score 59Iberia County: Freedom Score 60Iberville County: Freedom Score 63Jackson County: Freedom Score 62Jefferson County: Freedom Score 31Jefferson Davis County: Freedom Score 63La Salle County: Freedom Score 81Lafayette County: Freedom Score 41Lafourche County: Freedom Score 50Lincoln County: Freedom Score 66Livingston County: Freedom Score 55Madison County: Freedom Score 76Morehouse County: Freedom Score 71Natchitoches County: Freedom Score 66Orleans County: Freedom Score 29Ouachita County: Freedom Score 63Plaquemines County: Freedom Score 50Pointe Coupee County: Freedom Score 59Rapides County: Freedom Score 69Red River County: Freedom Score 62Richland County: Freedom Score 59Sabine County: Freedom Score 73St. Bernard County: Freedom Score 60St. Charles County: Freedom Score 58St. Helena County: Freedom Score 72St. James County: Freedom Score 58St. John the Baptist County: Freedom Score 59St. Landry County: Freedom Score 61St. Martin County: Freedom Score 59St. Mary County: Freedom Score 60St. Tammany County: Freedom Score 40Tangipahoa County: Freedom Score 67Tensas County: Freedom Score 85Terrebonne County: Freedom Score 50Union County: Freedom Score 73Vermilion County: Freedom Score 60Vernon County: Freedom Score 87Washington County: Freedom Score 61Webster County: Freedom Score 57West Baton Rouge County: Freedom Score 58West Carroll County: Freedom Score 72West Feliciana County: Freedom Score 60Winn County: Freedom Score 86
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Louisiana Is Part Of The Shared Freedom Map Platform

A sourced discovery dataset for Louisiana parishes, Gulf and inland rural land research, homesteading, RV living, off-grid screening, floodplain due diligence, and parish-rule research, with parish-office confirmation still pending. These pages use the same county template, scoring model, and source-first workflow as Colorado.

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Louisiana County Rankings

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Louisiana Counties By Lifestyle Goal

Start with a use case, compare the top county-level candidates, then move into parcel-level zoning, water, septic, access, and covenant research.

Tiny

Best For Tiny Home Research

4/5

County-level candidates where tiny-home research starts with stronger alternative-housing scores, rural land context, and source coverage.

Top starts: Vernon, Catahoula, Winn

RV

Best For RV Living Research

4/5

Counties worth comparing for RV occupancy, temporary use, sanitation, access, construction, and covenant questions.

Top starts: Vernon, Catahoula, Winn

Off grid

Best For Off-Grid Living

5/5

Stronger off-grid discovery candidates based on rural density, land affordability, solar, public land, water, septic, and county-rule research.

Top starts: Vernon, Catahoula, Winn

Land

Cheapest Rural Land

98/100

Lower price-per-acre counties that still need practical screening for water, septic, roads, covenants, access, and total development cost.

Top starts: Union, Caldwell, Claiborne

Public

Best Public Land Access

0.6M

Counties with major public-land acreage and recreation signals, balanced against private parcel access and buildability constraints.

Top starts: Cameron, Vernon, Natchitoches

Overall

Highest Freedom Scores

87

The broadest starting point for comparing counties across lifestyle scores, land affordability, taxes, solar, broadband, and public land.

Top starts: Vernon, Catahoula, Winn

Research guides

Louisiana Lifestyle Research Paths

Use these guides to translate county rankings into practical due-diligence checklists for your intended housing and land-use plan.

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County Profiles

#1

Vernon County

Central Louisiana

87
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
92
Partially sourced#2

Catahoula County

Central Louisiana

86
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
89
Partially sourced#3

Winn County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

86
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
94
Partially sourced#4

Tensas County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

85
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
84
Partially sourced#5

East Carroll County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

84
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
80
Partially sourced#6

La Salle County

Central Louisiana

81
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
53
Partially sourced#7

Madison County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

76
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
26
Partially sourced#8

Allen County

Southwest Louisiana

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
93
Partially sourced#9

Caldwell County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

73
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
95
Partially sourced#10

Sabine County

Northwest Louisiana

73
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
94
Partially sourced#11

Union County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

73
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
98
Partially sourced#12

Claiborne County

Northwest Louisiana

72
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
95
Partially sourced#13

St. Helena County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

72
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
89
Partially sourced#14

West Carroll County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

72
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
84
Partially sourced#15

Bienville County

Northwest Louisiana

71
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
88
Partially sourced#16

Morehouse County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

71
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
87
Partially sourced#17

Beauregard County

Southwest Louisiana

70
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
94
Partially sourced#18

Franklin County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

69
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
93
Partially sourced#19

Rapides County

Central Louisiana

69
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
94
Partially sourced#20

Tangipahoa County

Florida Parishes

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
72
Partially sourced#21

Lincoln County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

66
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
81
Partially sourced#22

Natchitoches County

Central Louisiana

66
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
48
Partially sourced#23

Concordia County

Central Louisiana

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#24

Iberville County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
41
Partially sourced#25

Jefferson Davis County

Southwest Louisiana

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
52
Partially sourced#26

Ouachita County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
59
Partially sourced#27

Cameron County

Southwest Louisiana

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#28

Jackson County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
26
Partially sourced#29

Red River County

Northwest Louisiana

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#30

St. Landry County

Acadiana

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
41
Partially sourced#31

Washington County

Florida Parishes

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
40
Partially sourced#32

East Feliciana County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
24
Partially sourced#33

Evangeline County

Acadiana

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
30
Partially sourced#34

Iberia County

Acadiana

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#35

St. Bernard County

Greater New Orleans and Coastal Southeast Louisiana

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#36

St. Mary County

Bayou Parishes and South Central Coast

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#37

Vermilion County

Acadiana

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#38

West Feliciana County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
29
Partially sourced#39

Acadia County

Acadiana

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#40

Assumption County

Bayou Parishes and South Central Coast

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#41

Grant County

Central Louisiana

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
28
Partially sourced#42

Pointe Coupee County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#43

Richland County

Northeast Louisiana and Delta

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#44

St. John the Baptist County

Greater New Orleans and Coastal Southeast Louisiana

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#45

St. Martin County

Acadiana

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#46

Avoyelles County

Central Louisiana

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#47

De Soto County

Northwest Louisiana

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#48

St. Charles County

Greater New Orleans and Coastal Southeast Louisiana

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#49

St. James County

Bayou Parishes and South Central Coast

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#50

West Baton Rouge County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#51

Webster County

Northwest Louisiana

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#52

Livingston County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#53

Bossier County

Northwest Louisiana

52
Tiny
2/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
80
Partially sourced#54

Lafourche County

Bayou Parishes and South Central Coast

50
Tiny
2/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#55

Plaquemines County

Greater New Orleans and Coastal Southeast Louisiana

50
Tiny
2/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#56

Terrebonne County

Bayou Parishes and South Central Coast

50
Tiny
2/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#57

Calcasieu County

Southwest Louisiana

49
Tiny
2/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#58

Caddo County

Northwest Louisiana

43
Tiny
2/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#59

Ascension County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

41
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#60

Lafayette County

Acadiana

41
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#61

St. Tammany County

Greater New Orleans and Coastal Southeast Louisiana

40
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#62

East Baton Rouge County

Baton Rouge Capital Region

36
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#63

Jefferson County

Greater New Orleans and Coastal Southeast Louisiana

31
Tiny
1/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#64

Orleans County

Greater New Orleans and Coastal Southeast Louisiana

29
Tiny
1/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced

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