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3,246 Population
3.4 square miles 955.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±7.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,221 ±$4,161 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $34,855 ±$1,075
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$72,868 ±$27,480 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $67,010 ±$3,180
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

11.1% ±5.4% (359  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 17.6% 42,556 (±1.5% / ±3,688)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

25.1 minutes ±1.2 (33,770  ±7,190) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4 2,360,060 (±0.7 / ±91,910)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,154 ±169 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 90,733 ±1,255
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.8 ±0.4 (3,246  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.7 242,576 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

3.4% ±4.3% (27  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,156 (±1% / ±534)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,502 ±234 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 112,016 ±230
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$243,200 ±$34,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $198,900 ±$5,360
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

22.4% ±12% (718  ±386.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.5% 30,369 (±1.1% / ±2,587.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

91.2% ±12.1% (1,907  ±320.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 88.5% 145,126 (±2% / ±3,354.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
20.7% ±6.4% (432  ±141.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.2% 38,085 (±1.1% / ±1,754)
  • about 80 percent 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% ±1.1% (30  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.9% 7,152
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

10% ±4.7% (238  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 13,778 (±0.6% / ±1,059)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
238 Total veterans ±115 238 Male ±115 N/A Female ±14

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