July 1, 2025 Census estimate.
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St. George, Louisiana
St. George, Louisiana is part of the Louisiana top-10 coverage expansion, with Census all-place population estimates, BLS state unemployment, young-professional fit, schooling access, job tags, cost pressure, safety checks, commute, and lifestyle signals.
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Change from the April 1, 2020 estimates base to July 1, 2025.
No ACS place row matched this city yet.
No ACS place row matched this city yet.
Education estimate is pending for this city.
BLS state unemployment for June 2026; city career tags: regional employers, healthcare, local services.
Poverty estimate is pending for this city.
State/city-form proxy until ACS commute data is available.
Verify carefully for 22-25 college grads; medium-low source confidence.
State/city-scale proxy: low cost pressure until ACS housing rows are available.
City crime rates are not scored yet; verify FBI CDE and local police data before choosing a neighborhood.
Recent grad lens
What matters for a 22-25 year old college grad
Use these sectors for first-pass job-board and LinkedIn searches.
June 2026 preliminary; BLS LAUS state proxy, not a city hiring guarantee.
Check nearby universities, community colleges, certificates, and employer-paid education benefits.
State/city proxy is low; verify rent, renters insurance, taxes, utilities, and income after offer.
ACS housing estimate is pending for this city.
ACS poverty estimate is pending for this city.
Exact city/neighborhood rates are not scored yet; use FBI CDE, city police dashboards, and neighborhood-level checks.
Confirm commute mode, parking, transit frequency, and remote-work expectations before signing a lease.
Useful for social fit, networking, dating, outdoor access, and first-apartment quality of life.
Coverage profile derived from Census all-place population estimates, BLS state unemployment, and transparent city/state tags.
Full profile
St. George data coverage
U.S. Census July 1, 2025 city estimate.
Current state/city-scale proxy until an ACS place row is available.
Needs ACS home value, public listing/rental market source, or licensed housing dataset before a number is published.
Needs ACS gross rent, HUD FMR, or market rent source with geography and date.
Needs ACS income and BLS wage data at city/MSA level.
City-level ACS employment is pending; using BLS state unemployment as a proxy.
Needs ACS poverty estimate before a city value is published.
Needs FBI Crime Data Explorer and local agency caveats before any rate or safety score is shown.
Current page shows higher-ed access only. K-12 ratings require NCES/state sources and boundary caveats.
Prioritize heat, humidity, hurricanes, flooding, and severe storms. Use NOAA normals and hazard history before comparing weather.
Current commute form is a proxy. Walkability requires block/neighborhood or third-party walk/transit data.
Needs FCC Broadband Data Collection or provider availability source.
Current employer view is sector-level. Named employer lists require a sourced city/MSA employer layer.
Needs FAA airport records and drive-time checks.
Current lifestyle tags are transparent place signals. Venue and recreation detail remains queued.
Relocation read
Should St. George be on your shortlist?
St. George has added population since the 2020 estimates base, which can point to demand, job access, housing expansion, migration inflow, or some combination of those forces.
Southern cities often require especially careful tax, insurance, heat, commute, and storm-risk checks before a move. WhereToLive.us keeps those categories separate so a reader can see what is verified and what still needs source review.
St. George, Louisiana does not have a matched 2020-2024 ACS place row in the current bulk-table pass, so rent, income, housing, education, poverty, employment, and commute values stay pending until the next source refresh.
For a recent college grad, the first-pass profile is 58/100: verify carefully. The main career tags are regional employers, healthcare, local services, schooling access is regional college access, and the BLS state unemployment proxy is 4.9% for June 2026.
For monetization and search quality, this page answers a specific relocation query without hiding the source gaps. It gives a reliable population, ACS, and state-job baseline, then points readers toward the school-boundary, crime, weather, tax, healthcare, and lifestyle checks that usually drive move decisions.
What the current data says
St. George, Louisiana is part of the Louisiana top-10 city coverage expansion. Its July 1, 2025 Census all-place population estimate is 78,536, compared with a 2020 estimates base of 78,074.
The current move signal is stable, and the young-grad fit score is 58/100. This score is a transparent research shortcut, not a final recommendation. ACS city/place estimates are pending for this city because the current bulk-table pass did not match a published ACS place row. Crime, school-boundary, weather, healthcare, tax, internet, utility, live wage, and live listing layers still need source-specific refreshes before stronger advice is issued.
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Cost of living
ACS rent/income is live where matched; add MIT living wage, utilities, insurance, and local tax inputs.
Data layer queuedHousing
ACS rent and owner-occupied home value are live where matched; add vacancy, roommate, starter-apartment, and live listing data for St. George, Louisiana.
Data layer queuedJobs
ACS city employment and BLS state unemployment are live; add BLS MSA occupation, wage, job posting, and industry concentration data.
Data layer queuedCrime and safety
Add FBI CDE, local police, and neighborhood-level caveats before publishing crime-rate scores.
Data layer queuedWeather
Needs NOAA climate normals and hazard history.
Data layer queuedSchools
ACS education attainment is live where matched; add NCES, College Scorecard, state education records, graduate-program, and certificate data.
Data layer queuedMilitary
Needs installation proximity, BAH area, VA services, and reserve component data where applicable.
Data layer queuedHealthcare
Needs CMS hospital, HRSA shortage area, and provider access data.
Data layer queuedTaxes and utilities
Add state/local tax, electric, water, gas, broadband, phone, and renters-insurance estimates.
Data layer queuedSt. George pros
- 78,536 residents in the verified 2025 Census estimate.
- Verify carefully young-professional signal at 58/100.
- ACS place metrics are clearly marked pending instead of filled by hand.
- Competitive career signal from state job proxy and sector tags.
- Regional college access for post-college education/network checks.
St. George cons and checks
- Exact rent, income, commute, and home-value layers are not available for this city yet.
- Standard city check is still a verification step, not a crime score.
- Car-first still needs route-level commute confirmation.
- Taxes, healthcare, utilities, broadband, and weather hazards still need source-specific layers.
St. George research checklist
- Compare the 2025 population estimate against nearby cities and the state shortlist.
- Check whether population growth matches the local housing supply and commute tradeoffs.
- Layer in verified rent, wage, school, healthcare, tax, and safety data before making a move decision.
- Use official city, county, Census, BLS, HUD, NOAA, NCES, CMS, FCC, and state tax sources for final confirmation.
Common St. George questions
- Is St. George growing?
- St. George, Louisiana is relatively stable on the verified population measure, with +0.59% change from the 2020 estimates base to the 2025 estimate.
- Is St. George good for a 22-25 year old college grad?
- St. George, Louisiana currently scores 58/100 on the young-grad fit model, with a competitive career signal, regional college access, starter-friendly cost-pressure label, and car-first commute signal. Treat that as a shortlist signal, not a guarantee.
- Is St. George affordable?
- St. George, Louisiana does not have a matched ACS city/place row in the current data pass, so affordability needs local rent, income, utility, insurance, and tax verification.
- What should I verify before moving to St. George?
- Verify current rent or mortgage cost, wage expectations, commute route, school or graduate-program access, city and neighborhood crime data, healthcare access, utility costs, taxes, internet availability, and social fit using primary sources.
- Does WhereToLive.us recommend St. George?
- Not as final advice. The current page is a research baseline. A recommendation requires verified affordability, occupation wages, job postings, safety, school, healthcare, tax, weather, and commute layers.
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