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Sun, LA

491 Population
4.3 square miles 115 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,489 ±$9,611 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
N/A Median household income

5.5% ±5.7% (27  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 12.2% 32,413 (±1.1% / ±2,795)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

40 minutes ±37.5 (8,350  ±5,336) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 31.4 3,399,750 (±0.5 / ±97,615)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

203 ±111 Number of households
  • the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 103,286 ±876
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±0.4 (491  ±282) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 2.6 266,896 (±0 / ±49)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

5.1% ±6.7% (7  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 6% † 3,523 (±1% / ±592)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

236 ±114 Number of housing units
  • the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 112,414 ±107
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$180,900 ±$82,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $272,200 ±$4,773
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

4.8% ±5.3% (23  ±28.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 12.3% 32,811 (±1.1% / ±2,849.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

94.3% ±60.8% (315  ±123.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 91.4% 169,030 (±2.1% / ±3,818.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
32% ±14.6% (107  ±73.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 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

1% ±1.3% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 4.4% 11,809
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

15.5% ±17.5% (65  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 7.2% 14,599 (±0.5% / ±1,079)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
65 Total veterans ±83 65 Male ±83 N/A Female ±14

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