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Hammond, LA Metro Area

139,823 Population
791.2 square miles 176.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,913 ±$2,740 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,626 ±$4,944 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.8% ±3.9% (26,665  ±5,217) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.6 minutes ±0.9 (1,600,590  ±68,949) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

56,608 ±1,492 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (135,660  ±141) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±2.7% (2,260  ±906) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

62,828 ±63 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$236,500 ±$14,916 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±3% (16,483  ±4,187.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.4% ±5.3% (77,761  ±4,964.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
21.4% ±2.8% (19,484  ±2,547.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.5% (4,912  ±1,596) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.3% ±1.2% (5,596  ±1,252) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,596 Total veterans ±1,252 5,093 Male ±1,206 503 Female ±277

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