2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Monroe, LA vs Lafayette, LA

#32 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#113 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#247 2005 Best Places to Live

#347 Best Green Cities

#44 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#70 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#297 2005 Best Places to Live

#312 Best Green Cities

If you are looking a place for high crime, high poverty, high obesity rates, high taxes, high unemployment, and high citizens, you have arrived at the right place. I  More

Lived in Monroe/West Monroe for 2 years, I deeply regret it. Here's why. Not only is Monroe/West Monroe next to a plant that spews it's disgusting, cancerous smog,  More

We have one of the best universities around. We have high ratings all across the board. Why don't you consider checking us  More

I should add this to my previous review. Lafayette was ranked "Happiest City in the US" by USA Today magazine and "Tastiest Town" by Southern  More

I’m from Florida but I’ve lived in the Lafayette area for thirty-five years. I’ve never known nicer people. It’s true that non-Cajuns can never integrate entirely with  More

What are the hottest neighborhoods to buy/live in right now? I'm from out of  More