ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 71254

East Carroll County, Louisiana: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

630
Violent rate /100K (county)
6,772
Population (ZIP)
536
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 71254 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 71254 sits within East Carroll County, LA, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

East Carroll County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 630 violent and 536 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 71254 carries a Census-reported population of 6,772, ranking #1 of 3 ZIPs in East Carroll County, spread across 278.07 square miles (about 24 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of East Carroll County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the East Carroll County crime page linked below.

ZIP 71254 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The violent-led county proxy above is from East Carroll County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 71254 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$29,008
Median age
33.5 years
Owner-occupied homes
57%
Occupied homes
2,100

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 71254?

Participating agencies give East Carroll County a split reported profile: violent crime is 79% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 69% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 71254. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

71254 is comparatively spread out at about 24 people per square mile. That settlement pattern may differ sharply from the county's population centers, another reason to use the county rates as regional context rather than a local estimate.

East Carroll County UCR book ZIP 71254 inherits

ZIP 71254 itself is about 24 people per Census sq mi across 278.1 sq mi (6,772 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 71254's 6,772 residents are about 90.8% of the 2024 county reporting population (7,459), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

East Carroll County leans on aggravated assault at 49% of reported offenses (mix index 3,373). ZIP 71254 has no separate FBI offense book.

East Carroll County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +52% vs 2023; property counts +60% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

East Carroll County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 71254

Similar Census population (~6,772)

County detail: East Carroll County · State atlas: Louisiana

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.