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Port Allen, LA

4,942 Population
2.8 square miles 1,743.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$31,959 ±$4,275 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $37,693 ±$642
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$59,474 ±$6,656 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $69,599 ±$1,385
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

20.5% ±8.2% (1,003  ±400) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 16.6% 140,721 (±0.8% / ±6,774)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

19.4 minutes ±2.8 (41,985  ±8,877) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 27.2 9,875,550 (±0.4 / ±177,102)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

2,479 ±233 Number of households
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 332,585 ±2,020
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2 ±0.2 (4,849  ±25) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 2.6 846,982 (±0 / ±480)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

10.7% ±8.2% (122  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5% † 10,773 (±0.5% / ±1,118)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

2,733 ±234 Number of housing units
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 384,016 ±222
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$181,300 ±$12,193 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $241,100 ±$2,783
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

4.4% ±3.3% (215  ±161) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 12.8% 110,406 (±0.6% / ±5,438.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

92.1% ±11.6% (3,635  ±497.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 89% 507,465 (±1.1% / ±6,104.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
17.9% ±5% (708  ±200.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 30.4% 173,517 (±0.6% / ±3,667.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

2.6% ±3.2% (128  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5.4% 46,944
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

4.6% ±2.5% (190  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 34,976 (±0.2% / ±1,533)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
190 Total veterans ±104 180 Male ±101 10 Female ±17

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