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71055

17,772 Population
260 square miles 68.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$26,311 ±$3,004 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $25,664 ±$1,717
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$36,953 ±$4,895 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $41,182 ±$1,410
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

25.5% ±3.8% (4,323  ±660) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 23.1% 8,071 (±2.2% / ±782)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

26.5 minutes ±2.9 (163,280  ±23,345) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 27.3 339,785 (±1.3 / ±25,159)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

7,226 ±400 Number of households
  • the Minden, LA Micro Area: 14,334 ±379
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.3 ±0.2 (16,869  ±690) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 2.4 34,799 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

1.3% ±1.3% (51  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 3.5% † 264 (±1.5% / ±113)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

9,025 ±388 Number of housing units
  • the Minden, LA Micro Area: 18,377 ±38
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$127,000 ±$15,815 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $114,500 ±$8,323
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

9.3% ±3% (1,637  ±532.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 7.6% † 2,701 (±1.7% / ±593.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

85.1% ±4.4% (10,297  ±700.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 86% 21,313 (±3.8% / ±960)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
13.3% ±2% (1,606  ±254.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 13.3% † 3,293 (±1.7% / ±412.9)
  • 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

1.4% ±0.6% (242  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 1% 363
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.4% ±1.4% (882  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,770 (±0.9% / ±250)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
882 Total veterans ±197 670 Male ±157 212 Female ±117

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