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Slidell, LA

28,561 Population
15.3 square miles 1,869.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$34,749 ±$2,943 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $43,364 ±$1,249
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$70,497 ±$7,225 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $81,202 ±$1,958
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

15.7% ±3.7% (4,380  ±1,043) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 11.4% 30,699 (±1.1% / ±3,041)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

29.1 minutes ±1.9 (326,720  ±34,148) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 31.5 3,439,380 (±0.6 / ±93,735)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

10,995 ±606 Number of households
  • the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 105,082 ±957
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.6 ±0.1 (28,156  ±75) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 2.6 269,853 (±0 / ±54)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

8.1% ±2.9% (521  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 5.1% † 3,050 (±0.9% / ±546)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

12,203 ±563 Number of housing units
  • the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 113,911 ±77
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$217,700 ±$6,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $284,000 ±$5,856
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

16.4% ±3.5% (4,637  ±991.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 11.5% 31,090 (±1.1% / ±2,986.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

90% ±4.9% (17,610  ±1,213.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 92% 172,300 (±2% / ±3,657.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
31.4% ±3.2% (6,137  ±682.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 37.7% 70,583 (±1.2% / ±2,184.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

4.5% ±1.4% (1,281  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 4.5% 12,228
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

9.2% ±1.8% (1,967  ±386) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 15,461 (±0.5% / ±995)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
1,967 Total veterans ±386 1,597 Male ±306 370 Female ±171

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