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Dodson, LA

261 Population
2.5 square miles 103.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±8.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Winn Parish: 41.6 ±1.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,861 ±$5,702 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Winn Parish: $27,165 ±$2,426
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$34,115 ±$2,152 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Winn Parish: $46,368 † ±$5,533
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

20.8% ±11% (54  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Winn Parish: 22% † 2,625 (±4.3% / ±513)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

35.9 minutes ±17.8 (2,910  ±2,002) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Winn Parish: 31.5 † 143,085 (±5.3 / ±26,528)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

119 ±44 Number of households
  • Winn Parish: 4,883 ±222
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.2 ±0.1 (261  ±98) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Winn Parish: 2.4 11,906 (±0.1 / ±70)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

3.2% ±4.6% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Winn Parish: 5.4% † 134 (±3.4% / ±85)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

173 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Winn Parish: 6,372 ±32
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

11.9% ±10.5% (31  ±29.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Winn Parish: 12% † 1,621 (±2.8% / ±379.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

79.1% ±17.6% (136  ±64.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Winn Parish: 84.4% 8,151 (±5.7% / ±565.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
9.3% ±22.5% (16  ±39.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Winn Parish: 16.1% † 1,556 (±2.6% / ±253.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.8% ±6.1% (8  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Winn Parish: 6.5% † 691 (±1.7% / ±181)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
8 Total veterans ±13 8 Male ±13 N/A Female ±14

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