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Fifth Ward, LA

1,104 Population
5.2 square miles 212.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±29.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 38.2 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,823 ±$9,601 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Avoyelles Parish: $23,854 ±$1,959
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$49,788 ±$21,104 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Avoyelles Parish: $39,439 † ±$5,708
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

5.9% ±5.3% (65  ±64) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 27.4% 9,875 (±2.6% / ±948)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

60.2 minutes ±15 (32,685  ±16,370) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 36.4 492,040 (±3.1 / ±47,629)
  • more than double the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

445 ±184 Number of households
  • Avoyelles Parish: 14,540 ±377
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.5 ±1.4 (1,104  ±426) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 2.5 36,025 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

22.5% ±33.3% (32  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 8.4% † 696 (±2.4% / ±202)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

506 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Avoyelles Parish: 18,323 ±84
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

15.6% ±15.2% (157  ±164.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 11.4% † 4,432 (±2% / ±784.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

73.1% ±10.3% (544  ±209.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 77% 20,489 (±3.8% / ±1,024.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
15.3% ±13.8% (114  ±110.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 10.9% † 2,905 (±1.6% / ±418.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.5% ±2.5% (11  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 5.5% † 1,636 (±0.9% / ±259)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
11 Total veterans ±18 N/A Male ±14 11 Female ±18

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