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Fort Polk South, LA

7,869 Population
6.1 square miles 1,280.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23 ±0.9 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Vernon Parish: 32.4 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,179 ±$2,750 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vernon Parish: $30,322 ±$1,205
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,800 ±$8,849 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vernon Parish: $57,270 ±$2,603
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14% ±5.9% (932  ±403) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vernon Parish: 19% 8,618 (±1.9% / ±851)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.2 minutes ±2.2 (38,725  ±5,297) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Vernon Parish: 22.9 443,455 (±0.8 / ±21,316)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,238 ±204 Number of households
  • Vernon Parish: 18,300 ±403
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.4 (6,685  ±546) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vernon Parish: 2.5 45,603 (±0.1 / ±154)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.8% ±5.4% (267  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vernon Parish: 9.6% † 1,053 (±1.8% / ±199)
  • 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

2,491 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Vernon Parish: 22,156 ±108
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

33.4% ±7.5% (2,528  ±593.5) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Vernon Parish: 16.3% † 7,502 (±1.7% / ±783.3)
  • 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

96.3% ±7% (3,310  ±406.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vernon Parish: 89% 26,488 (±2.9% / ±867.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34% ±5.5% (1,170  ±221.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vernon Parish: 19.8% 5,895 (±1.6% / ±467.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • a little less than 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

6.5% ±1.5% (514  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Vernon Parish: 3.3% 1,532
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.5% ±7.7% (402  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon Parish: 16.3% 4,906 (±1.1% / ±346)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
402 Total veterans ±191 245 Male ±148 157 Female ±86

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