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Lake Charles, LA

79,647 Population
47.5 square miles 1,677.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$33,329 ±$4,348 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $35,060 ±$2,129
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $34,102 ±$426
$55,420 ±$7,837 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $65,122 ±$5,157
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $58,229 ±$1,143

21.5% ±5.2% (16,802  ±4,038) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 17.8% † 42,244 (±2.6% / ±6,061)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 840,146 (±0.6% / ±27,162)

17.9 minutes ±0.9 (617,955  ±40,339) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4 2,360,060 (±0.7 / ±91,910)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

33,140 ±2,221 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 93,049 ±2,826
  • Louisiana: 1,833,915 ±8,374
2.4 ±0.2 (77,926  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.6 237,611 (±0.1 / ±1,798)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,450,122

5.9% ±3.9% (1,173  ±798) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 5.7% † 3,130 (±2.5% / ±1,393)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 59,199 (±0.5% / ±5,096)

Housing

42,681 ±2,029 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 114,415 ±865
  • Louisiana: 2,124,930 ±297

$217,300 ±$28,940 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $215,900 ±$11,811
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $215,600 ±$3,099

17.2% ±5% (13,605  ±3,964.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 11.5% † 27,216 (±2.5% / ±5,865.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.1% 499,723 (±0.5% / ±21,179.9)

Social

93.2% ±7% (48,267  ±4,289.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 91.3% 146,911 (±4.3% / ±7,069.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.8% 2,724,676 (±0.9% / ±28,705.9)
36.6% ±4.9% (18,958  ±2,708.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 25.3% 40,700 (±2.2% / ±3,497.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 837,518 (±0.5% / ±16,435.4)

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

3.1% ±1.5% (2,438  ±1,157) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.6% † 6,350 (±0.6% / ±1,531)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 222,672

6.3% ±1.9% (3,967  ±1,190) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.4% † 13,433 (±1.2% / ±2,204)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 203,031 (±0.2% / ±7,608)
3,967 Total veterans ±1,190 3,536 Male ±1,064 431 Female ±347

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