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Port Sulphur, LA

1,593 Population
5.4 square miles 294.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±15 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$21,509 ±$4,950 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $38,238 ±$466
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$52,289 ±$26,946 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $62,655 ±$1,185
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

10.8% ±10.4% (171  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.6% 178,924 (±0.7% / ±6,368)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

27.2 minutes ±11.2 (13,240  ±8,315) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.4 9,715,445 (±0.3 / ±142,938)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

578 ±144 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 398,564 ±2,112
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.7 ±0.4 (1,582  ±447) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.4 962,257 (±0 / ±296)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

684 ±162 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 465,148 ±180
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$84,200 ±$13,455 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $260,200 ±$2,739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

2.7% ±3% (42  ±48.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 10.7% 104,073 (±0.4% / ±3,540.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

78.6% ±29.7% (782  ±206.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.6% 602,898 (±0.9% / ±6,303.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
8.8% ±10.1% (88  ±103.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 33.4% 230,169 (±0.6% / ±3,773.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (5  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 9.8% 96,296
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

3.8% ±3.1% (47  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5% 38,442 (±0.2% / ±1,527)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
47 Total veterans ±41 47 Male ±41 N/A Female ±14

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