Crowley, LA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Crowley in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 46.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Crowley.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Crowley is from a meaningfully darker sky

21 miles from Crowley, straight-line, sits Carencro, LA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Crowley's own suburban band.

Carencro, LA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Crowley compares nationally

About 11,216 people live in Crowley, LA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Crowley places 1,487 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.