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70615

12,980 Population
45.9 square miles 282.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±5.9 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

$22,352 ±$3,251 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $35,427 ±$1,098
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$40,047 ±$11,042 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $66,700 ±$2,270
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

28.6% ±6% (3,479  ±931) 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)

24.8 minutes ±4.7 (104,860  ±30,466) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 22.8 2,297,720 (±0.8 / ±96,257)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

4,490 ±697 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 92,043 ±1,097
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.7 ±0.2 (12,101  ±2,001) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 2.6 240,826 (±0 / ±111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

2.8% ±3.1% (81  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 6% † 3,358 (±1% / ±533)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

5,473 ±759 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 113,215 ±251
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$140,400 ±$35,165 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $207,800 ±$6,378
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

14% ±5.2% (1,797  ±723.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.2% 29,498 (±1.1% / ±2,637)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

86.6% ±18.7% (7,377  ±1,096) 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)
14.3% ±4.4% (1,217  ±420.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4% 38,265 (±1.2% / ±1,878.1)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

1.7% ±1.2% (219  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 3.2% 7,712
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

7.2% ±2.7% (712  ±293) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 13,704 (±0.6% / ±1,115)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
712 Total veterans ±293 690 Male ±290 22 Female ±37

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