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Hammond, LA

20,790 Population
14.3 square miles 1,458.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 35.7 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$23,251 ±$1,996 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $30,992 ±$2,000
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$41,222 ±$6,337 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $57,256 ±$4,845
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

34.9% ±6.5% (6,216  ±1,151) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 19.4% 25,465 (±1.8% / ±2,398)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

20.6 minutes ±2.1 (166,660  ±23,567) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 29.5 1,582,935 (±1.2 / ±82,571)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

6,890 ±472 Number of households
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 50,191 ±853
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.6 ±0.2 (17,810  ±151) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6 131,235 (±0 / ±119)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.1% ±2% (243  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.6% † 2,188 (±1.6% / ±526)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

8,703 ±537 Number of housing units
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 58,663 ±69
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$219,400 ±$15,587 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $204,600 ±$7,651
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

30.5% ±5.6% (6,262  ±1,143.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 13.7% † 18,142 (±1.5% / ±2,040.9)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

85.9% ±6.8% (9,422  ±926.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 83.9% 74,266 (±3.2% / ±2,804.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
30.6% ±4% (3,358  ±479.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 22.2% 19,683 (±1.7% / ±1,488.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

1.6% ±1% (328  ±202) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.5% 3,375
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

3.6% ±1.2% (573  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6% † 6,060 (±0.6% / ±633)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
573 Total veterans ±196 495 Male ±167 78 Female ±72

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