Frostdale Advances, a small-business funding service in Monroe, Louisiana, works with owners across Ouachita Parish, LA and nearby parishes by phone and online. West Monroe, Calhoun, Rayville, Bastrop and Farmerville have their own pages with ZIP-level Census figures; smaller towns such as Sterlington, Downsville, Choudrant and Mangham are summarized here.
Towns and parishes around Monroe, LA
Frostdale Advances works with owners across Ouachita Parish, LA and the neighboring parishes by phone and online. The Monroe, LA city page covers the parish figures; five nearby towns have their own pages, and the smaller places are described below. Every distance here is measured as the crow flies from Monroe, LA.
West Monroe, LA, across the river
Across the Ouachita River, about 1.9 miles west of Monroe, LA. ZIP 71291 had 1,009 employer establishments in 2023 (ZBP), with health care and retail the largest sectors. Read more on business funding in West Monroe, LA.
Calhoun, LA, out west in the parish
An unincorporated community about 13.7 miles west of Monroe, LA in Ouachita Parish, LA. Construction tops the 123 payroll locations ZIP 71225 counted in 2023. Read more on business funding in Calhoun, LA.
Rayville, LA, east toward Richland Parish, LA
The Richland Parish, LA town about 21.2 miles east of Monroe, LA. Stores and clinics lead the 253 payroll locations ZIP 71269 counted in 2023. Read more on business funding in Rayville, LA.
Bastrop, LA, north in Morehouse Parish, LA
In Morehouse Parish, LA, about 22.1 miles north-northeast of Monroe, LA. ZIP 71220 counted 354 payroll locations in 2023. Read more on business funding in Bastrop, LA.
Farmerville, LA, northwest in Union Parish, LA
In Union Parish, LA, about 24.7 miles northwest of Monroe, LA. Stores lead the 226 payroll locations ZIP 71241 counted in 2023. Read more on business funding in Farmerville, LA.
Sterlington, LA and the parish's northern edge
Sterlington, LA sits in Ouachita Parish, LA about 12.9 miles north-northeast of Monroe, LA. Its own ZIP, 71280, had 68 employer establishments in 2023, with retail the largest sector at 15 (ZIP Business Patterns 2023). The town covers 4.7% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP figures describe a wider area than the town.
Downsville, LA and Choudrant, LA to the west
Downsville, LA lies about 19.0 miles west-northwest of Monroe, LA and spans Lincoln Parish, LA and Union Parish, LA; ZIP 71234 had 61 employer establishments in 2023, led by construction. Choudrant, LA is in Lincoln Parish, LA about 23.8 miles west; ZIP 71227 had 70 employer establishments, also led by construction (ZIP Business Patterns 2023). Neither ZIP is described here as the town itself.
Mangham, LA and Start, LA in Richland Parish, LA
Mangham, LA is about 24.1 miles southeast of Monroe, LA in Richland Parish, LA; ZIP 71259 had 32 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns 2023). Start, LA, an unincorporated community about 14.7 miles east, has its own small ZIP. Owners in both reach Frostdale the same way as everyone else: a call or the online request.
Communities next to Monroe, LA in Ouachita Parish, LA
Brownsville, LA, Bawcomville, LA, Richwood, LA, Claiborne, LA, Lakeshore, LA and Swartz, LA all lie within about 10 miles of Monroe, LA in Ouachita Parish, LA. None has its own ZIP with published business counts in the Census tables used here, so their businesses are counted inside larger surrounding ZIPs.
Morehouse Parish, LA and Jackson Parish, LA villages
Collinston, LA and Oak Ridge, LA in Morehouse Parish, LA, and Eros, LA and Chatham, LA in Jackson Parish, LA, are small places 19 to 24 miles from Monroe, LA. Each has a small ZIP with fewer than 20 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns 2023).
Advising and other resources in Louisiana
Owners who want one-on-one business advising can look to America's SBDC Louisiana; ask the center about any fees. Frostdale has no affiliation with the SBDC network or any public agency.
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