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70668

6,169 Population
141 square miles 43.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±5.3 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

$29,683 ±$6,480 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $35,427 ±$1,098
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$49,455 ±$8,916 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

23.4% ±8.5% (1,428  ±532) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 16.8% 40,432 (±1.2% / ±2,994)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

28 minutes ±5.5 (63,175  ±16,367) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 22.8 2,297,720 (±0.8 / ±96,257)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

2,223 ±261 Number of households
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 92,043 ±1,097
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.8 ±0.4 (6,133  ±529) 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

4.8% ±5.8% (57  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 6% † 3,358 (±1% / ±533)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

2,788 ±327 Number of housing units
  • the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 113,215 ±251
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$128,800 ±$50,643 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: $207,800 ±$6,378
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

6.6% ±4% (406  ±248.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 12.2% 29,498 (±1.1% / ±2,637)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

84.6% ±4.9% (3,401  ±447.5) 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)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
7.7% ±3.7% (308  ±152.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 23.4% 38,265 (±1.2% / ±1,878.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (30  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 3.2% 7,712
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.4% ±2.8% (283  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lake Charles, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 13,704 (±0.6% / ±1,115)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
283 Total veterans ±127 283 Male ±127 N/A Female ±20

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