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Leesville, LA

5,610 Population
8.9 square miles 629.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Vernon Parish: 32.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,460 ±$2,580 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vernon Parish: $29,550 ±$1,398
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$38,292 ±$6,231 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vernon Parish: $58,281 ±$2,655
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

33.8% ±3.8% (1,854  ±214) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Vernon Parish: 18.3% 8,409 (±1.7% / ±799)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

19.8 minutes ±1.9 (42,910  ±5,230) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vernon Parish: 23.4 457,275 (±1.3 / ±28,171)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

2,411 ±163 Number of households
  • Vernon Parish: 17,754 ±440
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.3 ±0.2 (5,509  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vernon Parish: 2.6 46,136 (±0.1 / ±142)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.6% ±1.9% (61  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Vernon Parish: 8.4% † 944 (±1.5% / ±172)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

3,199 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Vernon Parish: 22,073 ±73
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$109,700 ±$8,212 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vernon Parish: $143,500 ±$14,228
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

21.9% ±3.7% (1,217  ±204) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vernon Parish: 16.5% † 7,713 (±1.8% / ±861.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

84.4% ±4.5% (3,249  ±234.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Vernon Parish: 87.6% 26,299 (±2.9% / ±856.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
19.1% ±3.4% (737  ±136.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon Parish: 19.1% 5,733 (±1.5% / ±438.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

4.3% ±1.1% (239  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vernon Parish: 3.4% 1,617
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

16.8% ±2.1% (694  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon Parish: 16.6% 5,084 (±1.2% / ±361)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
694 Total veterans ±92 551 Male ±70 143 Female ±50

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