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71459

10,270 Population
11.2 square miles 920.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Vernon Parish: 32.4 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$29,494 ±$4,162 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Vernon Parish: $30,322 ±$1,205
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$56,038 ±$8,065 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

14.7% ±5.4% (1,332  ±496) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vernon Parish: 19% 8,618 (±1.9% / ±851)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

12 minutes ±0.7 (57,285  ±6,725) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Vernon Parish: 22.9 443,455 (±0.8 / ±21,316)
  • about half the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

3,394 ±231 Number of households
  • Vernon Parish: 18,300 ±403
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.7 ±0.3 (9,074  ±578) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vernon Parish: 2.5 45,603 (±0.1 / ±154)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

20% ±5.4% (583  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Vernon Parish: 9.6% † 1,053 (±1.8% / ±199)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

3,672 ±221 Number of housing units
  • Vernon Parish: 22,156 ±108
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Vernon Parish: $156,000 ±$9,045
  • Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

34.1% ±6.5% (3,319  ±656.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Vernon Parish: 16.3% † 7,502 (±1.7% / ±783.3)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

96.6% ±7.7% (4,435  ±467.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vernon Parish: 89% 26,488 (±2.9% / ±867.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
29.1% ±4.8% (1,338  ±236.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vernon Parish: 19.8% 5,895 (±1.6% / ±467.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

6% ±1.4% (611  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Vernon Parish: 3.3% 1,532
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

17.9% ±6.4% (602  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 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)
602 Total veterans ±221 335 Male ±169 267 Female ±110

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