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70401

21,221 Population
34.7 square miles 611.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$28,808 ±$2,850 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $31,792 ±$1,910
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$50,653 ±$8,909 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $56,760 ±$2,614
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

23.6% ±5% (4,837  ±1,114) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 19.2% 25,394 (±1.9% / ±2,497)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

23.1 minutes ±2.1 (225,140  ±33,894) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 29.6 1,600,590 (±0.9 / ±68,949)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

8,470 ±736 Number of households
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 51,999 ±827
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.4 ±0.1 (20,490  ±1,882) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6 132,670 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

6.1% ±3% (347  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.3% † 2,074 (±1.6% / ±528)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

10,542 ±802 Number of housing units
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 60,006 ±75
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$211,000 ±$18,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $212,900 ±$6,641
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

23% ±4.9% (4,832  ±1,108.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 13.7% † 18,393 (±1.6% / ±2,169.6)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

86.9% ±3.5% (11,041  ±1,100.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 83.7% 75,066 (±2.9% / ±2,622.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
27.8% ±4.1% (3,533  ±607.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 20.8% 18,671 (±1.4% / ±1,281)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

2.4% ±1.1% (500  ±238) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6% 3,528
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

5.6% ±1.7% (910  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.2% † 6,438 (±0.7% / ±765)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
910 Total veterans ±290 749 Male ±237 161 Female ±109

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