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Census Tract 17, Calcasieu, LA

12,321 Population
47.4 square miles 259.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±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

$29,426 ±$4,642 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake Charles: $35,860 ±$2,736
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Calcasieu Parish: $36,113 ±$1,237
$67,303 ±$8,226 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lake Charles: $59,235 ±$3,575
  • about the same as the amount in Calcasieu Parish: $67,564 ±$2,636

21.5% ±11.9% (2,641  ±1,550) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake Charles: 23.3% † 18,414 (±2.5% / ±1,976)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 17.4% 35,503 (±1.5% / ±2,958)

17.2 minutes ±4.8 (92,085  ±16,894) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake Charles: 17.1 598,795 (±0.8 / ±40,085)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Calcasieu Parish: 21.1 1,824,880 (±0.7 / ±73,626)

Families

4,249 ±695 Number of households
  • Lake Charles: 32,077 ±984
  • Calcasieu Parish: 77,957 ±1,088
2.9 ±0.3 (12,303  ±2,319) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lake Charles: 2.5 78,930 (±0.1 / ±121)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Calcasieu Parish: 2.6 204,401 (±0 / ±105)

7.5% ±7% (218  ±208) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake Charles: 5.6% † 1,106 (±2.1% / ±410)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 6% † 2,866 (±1.1% / ±531)

Housing

5,249 ±600 Number of housing units
  • Lake Charles: 40,742 ±745
  • Calcasieu Parish: 95,523 ±111

$220,200 ±$29,070 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Lake Charles: $214,300 ±$12,654
  • about the same as the amount in Calcasieu Parish: $217,000 ±$6,701

15.7% ±6.1% (1,925  ±830.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Lake Charles: 16.3% † 13,114 (±1.9% / ±1,538.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 12.8% 26,249 (±1.2% / ±2,490)

Social

82.7% ±2.3% (6,231  ±1,087.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake Charles: 90.5% 49,013 (±3.3% / ±2,103)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 89.8% 124,285 (±2.3% / ±3,212.1)
16.2% ±4.9% (1,220  ±423) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake Charles: 29.1% 15,770 (±2.1% / ±1,168.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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

4.4% ±2.3% (539  ±306) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake Charles: 5.7% † 4,581 (±0.9% / ±707)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 3.6% 7,435

5.7% ±2.9% (494  ±265) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake Charles: 7.7% † 4,897 (±1% / ±660)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 7.6% 11,824 (±0.7% / ±1,050)
494 Total veterans ±265 388 Male ±206 106 Female ±117

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