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Slidell, LA

28,664 Population
15.3 square miles 1,876.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,984 ±$2,181 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $41,854 ±$1,157
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$66,657 ±$4,938 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $79,277 ±$2,804
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

15.4% ±3.5% (4,298  ±967) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 12.2% 32,413 (±1.1% / ±2,795)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

29.4 minutes ±2 (331,470  ±33,072) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 31.4 3,399,750 (±0.5 / ±97,615)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

11,033 ±469 Number of households
  • the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 103,286 ±876
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.6 ±0.1 (28,273  ±64) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 2.6 266,896 (±0 / ±49)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

9% ±2.8% (591  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 6% † 3,523 (±1% / ±592)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

12,137 ±469 Number of housing units
  • the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 112,414 ±107
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$207,800 ±$7,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $272,200 ±$4,773
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

16.4% ±3% (4,628  ±,860.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 12.3% 32,811 (±1.1% / ±2,849.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

90.4% ±5% (17,633  ±1,133.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 91.4% 169,030 (±2.1% / ±3,818.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
30.9% ±3.1% (6,026  ±,641.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 36.6% 67,619 (±1.2% / ±2,267.1)
  • 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

4.3% ±1.3% (1,238  ±370) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 4.4% 11,809
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

8.4% ±1.5% (1,752  ±319) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 7.2% 14,599 (±0.5% / ±1,079)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
1,752 Total veterans ±319 1,477 Male ±284 275 Female ±153

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