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70512

10,740 Population
97.8 square miles 109.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$25,224 ±$3,016 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $25,412 ±$1,110
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$47,313 ±$11,285 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $44,462 ±$2,416
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

26.1% ±7.7% (2,767  ±873) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 26.8% 21,477 (±2.2% / ±1,789)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

31.5 minutes ±5.6 (114,940  ±26,733) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 29.8 828,540 (±1.1 / ±46,122)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

3,799 ±437 Number of households
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 32,183 ±482
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.8 ±0 (10,638  ±1,229) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 2.5 80,508 (±0 / ±22)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

15.6% ±8.2% (331  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 6.2% † 1,112 (±1.7% / ±300)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

4,215 ±421 Number of housing units
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37,229 ±122
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$166,700 ±$37,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $142,500 ±$9,546
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

4.1% ±1.6% (427  ±173.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 7.9% † 6,378 (±1.3% / ±1,045.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

82% ±1.4% (5,575  ±636.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 81.4% 43,289 (±3% / ±1,583.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
19.1% ±3.6% (1,299  ±285.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 14.9% 7,918 (±1.3% / ±704.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

0.3% ±0.4% (31  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 1.6% 1,326
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

4% ±1.8% (303  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 4.6% † 2,769 (±0.7% / ±433)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
303 Total veterans ±142 294 Male ±141 9 Female ±14

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