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Welsh, LA

3,323 Population
6.3 square miles 525.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±6.4 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

$30,535 ±$6,839 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $34,855 ±$1,075
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$75,709 ±$53,702 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $67,010 ±$3,180
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

20.9% ±17.3% (676  ±559) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 17.6% 42,556 (±1.5% / ±3,688)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

33.7 minutes ±9.7 (50,565  ±18,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4 2,360,060 (±0.7 / ±91,910)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,077 ±208 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 90,733 ±1,255
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
3 ±0.6 (3,240  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.7 242,576 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

2.6% ±4.6% (21  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,156 (±1% / ±534)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,250 ±234 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 112,016 ±230
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$187,900 ±$23,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $198,900 ±$5,360
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

8.3% ±9.7% (273  ±318.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.5% 30,369 (±1.1% / ±2,587.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

91.8% ±17.9% (2,040  ±450.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 88.5% 145,126 (±2% / ±3,354.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
16.2% ±9.4% (360  ±213) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.2% 38,085 (±1.1% / ±1,754)
  • about three-fifths 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

9.5% ±7.2% (236  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 13,778 (±0.6% / ±1,059)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
236 Total veterans ±180 236 Male ±180 N/A Female ±14

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