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70601

30,872 Population
16.1 square miles 1,915.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$33,792 ±$5,026 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $35,427 ±$1,098
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$49,992 ±$6,082 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $66,700 ±$2,270
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

28.8% ±3.9% (8,754  ±1,269) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 16.8% 40,432 (±1.2% / ±2,994)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

16.3 minutes ±1.1 (210,540  ±23,591) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 22.8 2,297,720 (±0.8 / ±96,257)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

12,517 ±798 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 92,043 ±1,097
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.4 ±0.2 (30,355  ±1,539) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.6 240,826 (±0 / ±111)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

4% ±2.6% (284  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 6% † 3,358 (±1% / ±533)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

16,565 ±665 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 113,215 ±251
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$162,200 ±$10,006 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $207,800 ±$6,378
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

15.4% ±2.9% (4,733  ±923.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.2% 29,498 (±1.1% / ±2,637)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

86.4% ±4.6% (19,354  ±1,469.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 89.2% 145,667 (±2.1% / ±3,363.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
25.2% ±3.4% (5,632  ±827) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4% 38,265 (±1.2% / ±1,878.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

4.2% ±1.4% (1,299  ±433) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 3.2% 7,712
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

8.1% ±1.6% (1,999  ±400) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 13,704 (±0.6% / ±1,115)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
1,999 Total veterans ±400 1,708 Male ±329 291 Female ±211

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