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Mer Rouge, LA

437 Population
1.2 square miles 372.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.4 ±14.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,142 ±$11,046 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $30,966 ±$1,052
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,583 ±$19,589 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $51,660 ±$1,933
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.3% ±16.9% (92  ±70) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24.5% 52,894 (±1.3% / ±2,804)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±12.7 (3,955  ±2,766) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 23.5 2,007,720 (±0.7 / ±72,971)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

229 ±69 Number of households
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 87,006 ±804
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.6 ±0.1 (370  ±116) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 2.5 216,374 (±0 / ±155)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

291 ±78 Number of housing units
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 102,235 ±87
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$66,000 ±$42,827 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $170,300 ±$4,500
  • about one-third of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±7% (35  ±31.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 10.6% 23,439 (±0.9% / ±1,971.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±9.7% (339  ±95.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 87.1% 129,929 (±1.9% / ±2,836.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.5% ±9.4% (58  ±38.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24.6% 36,714 (±1% / ±1,430.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

16.8% ±11.2% (66  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 6.5% 10,961 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
66 Total veterans ±47 49 Male ±38 17 Female ±29

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