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Gillis, LA

763 Population
1.7 square miles 457.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,347 ±$10,109 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $34,855 ±$1,075
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
N/A Median household income

N/A Persons below poverty line

20.8 minutes ±5.6 (5,105  ±3,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4 2,360,060 (±0.7 / ±91,910)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

258 ±123 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 90,733 ±1,255
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
3 ±1.9 (763  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.7 242,576 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

10% ±18.2% (8  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,156 (±1% / ±534)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

386 ±150 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 112,016 ±230
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

15.9% ±19.7% (119  ±155.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.5% 30,369 (±1.1% / ±2,587.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

71.2% ±41.5% (476  ±183.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 88.5% 145,126 (±2% / ±3,354.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
6% ±7.6% (40  ±53.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.2% 38,085 (±1.1% / ±1,754)
  • about one-quarter 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

4% ±4.4% (28  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 13,778 (±0.6% / ±1,059)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
28 Total veterans ±33 18 Male ±28 10 Female ±18

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