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Starks, LA

300 Population
3.4 square miles 87.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±22.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$18,727 ±$8,583 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $34,855 ±$1,075
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$16,331 ±$9,411 Median household income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $67,010 ±$3,180
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

28.3% ±26.7% (85  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 17.6% 42,556 (±1.5% / ±3,688)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

48.2 minutes ±59.9 (2,990  ±2,509) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4 2,360,060 (±0.7 / ±91,910)
  • nearly double the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

149 ±84 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 90,733 ±1,255
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2 ±0.8 (300  ±206) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.7 242,576 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

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

Housing

207 ±119 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 112,016 ±230
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$133,900 ±$57,071 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $198,900 ±$5,360
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

70.6% ±27.4% (139  ±101) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 88.5% 145,126 (±2% / ±3,354.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
14.7% ±22.8% (29  ±48.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.2% 38,085 (±1.1% / ±1,754)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

4.7% ±7% (14  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.9% 7,152
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

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

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