Opelousas, LA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Opelousas in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 67.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Opelousas.

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 Opelousas is from a meaningfully darker sky

15 miles from Opelousas, straight-line, sits Carencro, LA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Opelousas'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 Opelousas compares nationally

About 15,176 people live in Opelousas, LA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Opelousas places 2,159 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.