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Eunice, LA

9,261 Population
5.1 square miles 1,802.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±5.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37.5 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$24,722 ±$4,274 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $25,018 ±$1,241
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$36,356 ±$6,515 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $45,637 ±$3,082
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

32.9% ±6.7% (2,997  ±614) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 24% 19,321 (±2.1% / ±1,675)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

28 minutes ±4.3 (88,180  ±16,501) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 29.9 854,720 (±1.5 / ±56,009)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

3,967 ±307 Number of households
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 31,638 ±480
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.3 ±0.2 (9,116  ±162) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 2.6 80,944 (±0 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.6% ±3.5% (94  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,022 (±1.3% / ±227)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

4,629 ±324 Number of housing units
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37,001 ±75
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$120,600 ±$20,899 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $142,900 ±$10,779
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

7.2% ±3% (662  ±276.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 7.5% † 6,081 (±1.2% / ±985.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

77% ±6.4% (4,635  ±506.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 80.6% 43,024 (±2.8% / ±1,479.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
15.8% ±3.4% (949  ±214.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 14.3% 7,651 (±1.3% / ±669.7)
  • 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

0.9% ±0.7% (82  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 1.5% 1,235
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

4.9% ±1.7% (339  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 4.8% † 2,876 (±0.7% / ±415)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
339 Total veterans ±119 264 Male ±99 75 Female ±59

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