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Census Tract 3, Calcasieu, LA

1,717 Population
1.1 square miles 1,624.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake Charles: 36.6 ±1.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Calcasieu Parish: 37.4 ±0.2

Economics

$16,668 ±$6,705 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Lake Charles: $35,860 ±$2,736
  • about half the amount in Calcasieu Parish: $36,113 ±$1,237
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • Lake Charles: $59,235 ±$3,575
  • Calcasieu Parish: $67,564 ±$2,636

56.7% ±24.9% (973  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lake Charles: 23.3% † 18,414 (±2.5% / ±1,976)
  • more than double the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 17.4% 35,503 (±1.5% / ±2,958)

14.4 minutes ±1.5 (6,145  ±2,840) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake Charles: 17.1 598,795 (±0.8 / ±40,085)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Calcasieu Parish: 21.1 1,824,880 (±0.7 / ±73,626)

Families

531 ±123 Number of households
  • Lake Charles: 32,077 ±984
  • Calcasieu Parish: 77,957 ±1,088
3.2 ±1 (1,701  ±671) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lake Charles: 2.5 78,930 (±0.1 / ±121)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Calcasieu Parish: 2.6 204,401 (±0 / ±105)

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

Housing

711 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Lake Charles: 40,742 ±745
  • Calcasieu Parish: 95,523 ±111

$85,000 ±$31,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lake Charles: $214,300 ±$12,654
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Calcasieu Parish: $217,000 ±$6,701

28.4% ±18.2% (488  ±365.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake Charles: 16.3% † 13,114 (±1.9% / ±1,538.2)
  • more than double the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 12.8% 26,249 (±1.2% / ±2,490)

Social

86.1% ±10% (994  ±358.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lake Charles: 90.5% 49,013 (±3.3% / ±2,103)
  • a little less than the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 89.8% 124,285 (±2.3% / ±3,212.1)
12.6% ±6.3% (145  ±88.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake Charles: 29.1% 15,770 (±2.1% / ±1,168.4)
  • about half the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 24.9% 34,381 (±1.3% / ±1,798.6)

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

1.3% ±1.2% (22  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lake Charles: 5.7% † 4,581 (±0.9% / ±707)
  • about one-third of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 3.6% 7,435

0.5% ±0.8% (6  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Lake Charles: 7.7% † 4,897 (±1% / ±660)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 7.6% 11,824 (±0.7% / ±1,050)
6 Total veterans ±10 6 Male ±10 N/A Female ±14

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