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Sulphur, LA

20,775 Population
11.2 square miles 1,849.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$29,939 ±$2,334 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $35,427 ±$1,098
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$61,760 ±$6,200 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $66,700 ±$2,270
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

16% ±4% (3,295  ±833) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 16.8% 40,432 (±1.2% / ±2,994)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

17.6 minutes ±1.7 (150,675  ±18,016) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 22.8 2,297,720 (±0.8 / ±96,257)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

8,234 ±633 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 92,043 ±1,097
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.5 ±0.2 (20,612  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.6 240,826 (±0 / ±111)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

3.8% ±2.8% (207  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 6% † 3,358 (±1% / ±533)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

10,195 ±598 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 113,215 ±251
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$182,900 ±$11,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $207,800 ±$6,378
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

13.5% ±3.9% (2,760  ±799) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.2% 29,498 (±1.1% / ±2,637)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

87.3% ±6.2% (12,099  ±1,052.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 89.2% 145,667 (±2.1% / ±3,363.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
16.9% ±2.6% (2,344  ±383.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4% 38,265 (±1.2% / ±1,878.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

3.9% ±1.9% (803  ±391) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 3.2% 7,712
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

8.5% ±2.2% (1,311  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 13,704 (±0.6% / ±1,115)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
1,311 Total veterans ±346 1,062 Male ±277 249 Female ±228

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