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71446

21,275 Population
660.4 square miles 32.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vernon Parish: 32.4 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$30,156 ±$1,605 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Vernon Parish: $30,322 ±$1,205
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$55,925 ±$3,348 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Vernon Parish: $57,270 ±$2,603
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

20.6% ±2.3% (4,321  ±517) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vernon Parish: 19% 8,618 (±1.9% / ±851)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

23.2 minutes ±1.4 (192,890  ±16,384) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Vernon Parish: 22.9 443,455 (±0.8 / ±21,316)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

8,717 ±360 Number of households
  • Vernon Parish: 18,300 ±403
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.4 ±0 (21,045  ±878) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Vernon Parish: 2.5 45,603 (±0.1 / ±154)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

6.1% ±1.9% (288  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vernon Parish: 9.6% † 1,053 (±1.8% / ±199)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

10,903 ±353 Number of housing units
  • Vernon Parish: 22,156 ±108
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$166,200 ±$11,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vernon Parish: $156,000 ±$9,045
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

13.5% ±1.5% (2,850  ±341.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vernon Parish: 16.3% † 7,502 (±1.7% / ±783.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

87.4% ±2.3% (12,609  ±588.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon Parish: 89% 26,488 (±2.9% / ±867.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
20% ±2% (2,890  ±306) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon Parish: 19.8% 5,895 (±1.6% / ±467.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

2.8% ±0.4% (603  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vernon Parish: 3.3% 1,532
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

18.8% ±1.8% (2,858  ±302) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Vernon Parish: 16.3% 4,906 (±1.1% / ±346)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
2,858 Total veterans ±302 2,422 Male ±263 436 Female ±103

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