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70401

21,901 Population
34.7 square miles 631.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 35.7 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,416 ±$2,586 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $30,992 ±$2,000
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$50,995 ±$5,482 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $57,256 ±$4,845
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

25.6% ±5.5% (5,401  ±1,224) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 19.4% 25,465 (±1.8% / ±2,398)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

23.8 minutes ±1.4 (242,585  ±28,203) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 29.5 1,582,935 (±1.2 / ±82,571)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

8,454 ±648 Number of households
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 50,191 ±853
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.5 ±0.3 (21,127  ±1,588) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6 131,235 (±0 / ±119)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

6.1% ±2.9% (368  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.6% † 2,188 (±1.6% / ±526)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

10,321 ±706 Number of housing units
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 58,663 ±69
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$226,800 ±$13,042 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $204,600 ±$7,651
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

24.6% ±4.7% (5,304  ±1,083.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 13.7% † 18,142 (±1.5% / ±2,040.9)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

88.5% ±4.6% (11,176  ±1,137.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 83.9% 74,266 (±3.2% / ±2,804.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
35% ±5.1% (4,421  ±750.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 22.2% 19,683 (±1.7% / ±1,488.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

2.2% ±1.1% (473  ±239) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.5% 3,375
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.1% ±1.7% (827  ±275) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6% † 6,060 (±0.6% / ±633)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
827 Total veterans ±275 721 Male ±238 106 Female ±89

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