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71269

12,318 Population
325.3 square miles 37.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$25,879 ±$2,899 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $30,966 ±$1,052
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$49,668 ±$11,714 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $51,660 ±$1,933
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

27.3% ±5.4% (3,118  ±635) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24.5% 52,894 (±1.3% / ±2,804)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

24.9 minutes ±2.6 (93,680  ±14,107) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 23.5 2,007,720 (±0.7 / ±72,971)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

4,275 ±264 Number of households
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 87,006 ±804
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.7 ±0.2 (11,382  ±580) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 2.5 216,374 (±0 / ±155)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

10.9% ±5.1% (295  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,844 (±0.9% / ±443)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

5,033 ±268 Number of housing units
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 102,235 ±87
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$145,900 ±$23,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $170,300 ±$4,500
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

10.5% ±3.4% (1,273  ±412.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 10.6% 23,439 (±0.9% / ±1,971.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

78.4% ±5.3% (6,364  ±544.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 87.1% 129,929 (±1.9% / ±2,836.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
17.4% ±3.3% (1,410  ±279.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24.6% 36,714 (±1% / ±1,430.9)
  • about two-thirds 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% (66  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 2% 4,408
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.3% ±2% (578  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 6.5% 10,961 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
578 Total veterans ±184 505 Male ±134 73 Female ±74

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