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Lawtell, LA

1,044 Population
4.1 square miles 251.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.9 ±17.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,254 ±$8,937 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $25,018 ±$1,241
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$49,274 ±$35,607 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $45,637 ±$3,082
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

18.5% ±22.5% (186  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 24% 19,321 (±2.1% / ±1,675)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

24.4 minutes ±25.6 (10,205  ±7,464) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 29.9 854,720 (±1.5 / ±56,009)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

520 ±218 Number of households
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 31,638 ±480
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2 ±0.7 (1,044  ±563) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 2.6 80,944 (±0 / ±37)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

549 ±229 Number of housing units
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37,001 ±75
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$24,300 ±$17,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-fifth of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $142,900 ±$10,779
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

17.8% ±23.3% (186  ±263.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 7.5% † 6,081 (±1.2% / ±985.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

79.4% ±53.3% (631  ±288) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
10.6% ±9.4% (84  ±85.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 14.3% 7,651 (±1.3% / ±669.7)
  • about two-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

7.6% ±10% (61  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 4.8% † 2,876 (±0.7% / ±415)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
61 Total veterans ±86 61 Male ±86 N/A Female ±14

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