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Westlake, LA

4,743 Population
3.8 square miles 1,240.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±5.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,234 ±$10,424 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $35,427 ±$1,098
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,381 ±$4,821 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $66,700 ±$2,270
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.1% ±7.2% (572  ±340) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 16.8% 40,432 (±1.2% / ±2,994)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±8.5 (57,940  ±21,049) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 22.8 2,297,720 (±0.8 / ±96,257)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,046 ±226 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 92,043 ±1,097
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (4,743  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.6 240,826 (±0 / ±111)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±6.3% (80  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 6% † 3,358 (±1% / ±533)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,524 ±332 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 113,215 ±251
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,100 ±$30,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $207,800 ±$6,378
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.6% ±7.6% (815  ±355.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.2% 29,498 (±1.1% / ±2,637)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±13.1% (3,137  ±545) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 89.2% 145,667 (±2.1% / ±3,363.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.1% ±9% (849  ±325.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4% 38,265 (±1.2% / ±1,878.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.7% ±2.3% (225  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 3.2% 7,712
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

17.7% ±12.8% (679  ±491) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 13,704 (±0.6% / ±1,115)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
679 Total veterans ±491 541 Male ±340 138 Female ±184

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