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Chatham, LA

678 Population
1 square miles 686.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson Parish: 41.5 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$16,357 ±$3,354 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson Parish: $24,255 ±$1,607
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$31,458 ±$12,384 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson Parish: $43,345 ±$2,568
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

12.5% ±4.1% (85  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Jackson Parish: 24.3% † 3,426 (±3.2% / ±446)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

38.8 minutes ±14.8 (7,330  ±5,198) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Jackson Parish: 23.5 109,610 (±1.9 / ±12,754)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

252 ±80 Number of households
  • Jackson Parish: 5,602 ±288
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.7 ±0.8 (678  ±293) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson Parish: 2.5 14,060 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

11.6% ±11.7% (25  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jackson Parish: 4.1% † 121 (±2% / ±60)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

317 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Jackson Parish: 7,223 ±24
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$45,000 ±$42,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Jackson Parish: $107,400 ±$9,673
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

4.2% ±3% (28  ±23.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jackson Parish: 8.8% † 1,300 (±2.1% / ±301.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

66.7% ±34.6% (348  ±110.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson Parish: 85.7% 9,076 (±5% / ±542.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
15.1% ±7.8% (79  ±52) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson Parish: 13.4% † 1,415 (±2.4% / ±249.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

4.7% ±3.7% (25  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson Parish: 6.1% † 718 (±1.6% / ±184)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
25 Total veterans ±22 24 Male ±22 1 Female ±2

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