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70586

19,320 Population
310.8 square miles 62.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±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

$26,031 ±$1,664 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
$40,129 ±$6,212 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $44,462 ±$2,416
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

23.6% ±4.1% (4,501  ±815) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 26.8% 21,477 (±2.2% / ±1,789)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

32.5 minutes ±3.6 (205,035  ±29,342) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent 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

7,651 ±476 Number of households
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 32,183 ±482
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.5 ±0.2 (19,112  ±994) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 2.5 80,508 (±0 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

8.9% ±3.8% (376  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 6.2% † 1,112 (±1.7% / ±300)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

8,854 ±443 Number of housing units
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37,229 ±122
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$147,000 ±$25,712 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $142,500 ±$9,546
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

7.9% ±3% (1,514  ±569.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 7.9% † 6,378 (±1.3% / ±1,045.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

74.4% ±3.6% (9,017  ±648.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 81.4% 43,289 (±3% / ±1,583.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
15.8% ±2.5% (1,912  ±318.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 14.9% 7,918 (±1.3% / ±704.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

0.9% ±0.7% (171  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 1.6% 1,326
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.4% ±1.6% (911  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 4.6% † 2,769 (±0.7% / ±433)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
911 Total veterans ±233 901 Male ±230 10 Female ±17

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