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District 5, Allen Parish, LA

3,562 Population
151.8 square miles 23.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Allen Parish: 37.4 ±0.8
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,221 ±$2,807 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Allen Parish: $23,398 ±$1,721
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,359 ±$7,781 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Allen Parish: $46,469 ±$4,198
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±7.3% (554  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Allen Parish: 23.1% † 4,389 (±3.4% / ±639)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±4.5 (23,430  ±7,577) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Allen Parish: 26.2 187,230 (±2.4 / ±24,148)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,308 ±195 Number of households
  • Allen Parish: 7,854 ±310
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (3,419  ±581) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allen Parish: 2.4 19,134 (±0.1 / ±66)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±5% (56  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Allen Parish: 4.1% † 180 (±2% / ±87)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,518 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Allen Parish: 9,587 ±34
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,300 ±$13,422 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allen Parish: $104,500 † ±$17,150
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±4.5% (295  ±164.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Allen Parish: 15.4% † 3,413 (±2.7% / ±609.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±4.6% (1,854  ±281.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allen Parish: 80.7% 12,611 (±4.9% / ±781.2)
  • 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)
10.8% ±4.2% (223  ±93.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Allen Parish: 11.9% † 1,858 (±2.2% / ±350.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about one-third 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

1.9% ±1.5% (67  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Allen Parish: 6% 1,342
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±2.8% (158  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Allen Parish: 5.5% † 946 (±1.4% / ±249)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
158 Total veterans ±72 153 Male ±72 5 Female ±8

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