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Hammond, LA

21,539 Population
14.3 square miles 1,510.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$26,753 ±$2,899 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $31,792 ±$1,910
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$48,166 ±$6,843 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $56,760 ±$2,614
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

28.9% ±6.7% (5,392  ±1,247) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 19.2% 25,394 (±1.9% / ±2,497)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

21 minutes ±1.8 (179,485  ±23,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 29.6 1,600,590 (±0.9 / ±68,949)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

7,927 ±465 Number of households
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 51,999 ±827
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.4 ±0.1 (18,622  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6 132,670 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

3.6% ±2.2% (223  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.3% † 2,074 (±1.6% / ±528)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

9,855 ±636 Number of housing units
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 60,006 ±75
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$221,400 ±$14,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $212,900 ±$6,641
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

28.2% ±6.1% (6,026  ±1,299.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 13.7% † 18,393 (±1.6% / ±2,169.6)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

86.3% ±6.6% (10,216  ±994.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 83.7% 75,066 (±2.9% / ±2,622.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
27.7% ±3.5% (3,282  ±456) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 20.8% 18,671 (±1.4% / ±1,281)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

2.1% ±1% (449  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6% 3,528
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

4.2% ±1.4% (721  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.2% † 6,438 (±0.7% / ±765)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
721 Total veterans ±245 619 Male ±199 102 Female ±86

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