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Cameron, LA

169 Population
11.4 square miles 14.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.5 ±15.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,900 ±$12,501 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $35,427 ±$1,098
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,125 ±$48,061 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $66,700 ±$2,270
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

N/A

Families

99 ±59 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
1.5 ±1.2 (145  ±75) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.6 240,826 (±0 / ±111)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

37.5% ±56.6% (6  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 6% † 3,358 (±1% / ±533)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

192 ±91 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

$141,500 ±$32,225 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $207,800 ±$6,378
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29% ±25.6% (49  ±48.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.2% 29,498 (±1.1% / ±2,637)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±21.6% (116  ±68.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 89.2% 145,667 (±2.1% / ±3,363.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.2% ±30.3% (32  ±40.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4% 38,265 (±1.2% / ±1,878.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.6% ±1.8% (1  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 3.2% 7,712
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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