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Palmetto, LA

127 Population
0.9 square miles 143.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±25.7 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

$53,462 ±$45,624 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $25,018 ±$1,241
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$26,615 ±$20,210 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $45,637 ±$3,082
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

27.1% ±8.9% (33  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 24% 19,321 (±2.1% / ±1,675)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

21.3 minutes ±8.2 (1,130  ±1,075) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 29.9 854,720 (±1.5 / ±56,009)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

79 ±55 Number of households
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 31,638 ±480
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
1.6 ±1.5 (127  ±78) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 2.6 80,944 (±0 / ±37)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

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

Housing

119 ±67 Number of housing units
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37,001 ±75
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

13.4% ±23.3% (17  ±31.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 7.5% † 6,081 (±1.2% / ±985.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

71.8% ±45% (74  ±71.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 80.6% 43,024 (±2.8% / ±1,479.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
22.3% ±35.2% (23  ±39.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 14.3% 7,651 (±1.3% / ±669.7)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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