Lake Charles, LA (Louisiana) Houses and Residents

Back to: Lake Charles, Louisiana main profile, Louisiana, Louisiana smaller cities, Louisiana small towns, Louisiana forum, All US cities. Total population: 71,475 (Urban population: 71,081, Rural population: 394 (all nonfarm)) Houses: 31,311 (27,887 occupied: 16,112 owner occupied, 11,775 renter occupied) % of renters here: 42% State: 42% Housing density: 780 houses/condos per square mile Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2009 in this state: $145,928. Median contract rent in 2009: $484 (lower quartile is $311, upper quartile is $632) Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2009: $593 Median gross rent in Lake Charles, LA in 2009: $649 Housing units in Lake Charles with a mortgage: 8,322 (956 second mortgage, 435 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 6,840 Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $62,145 Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $35,572 Median monthly housing costs: $626 Options X User-defined colors Preset color patterns Border Min value Max value Selected area border Search result border State border Opacity: Opacity % Hide borders Hide US histogram Reset to defaults Most recent value % change since 2k Data: Median house or condo value ($) Median house or condo value ($ change since 2000) Median house or condo value ($) - White Median house or condo value ($) - Black or African American Median house or condo value ($) - Asian Median house or condo value ($) - 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Hispanic or Latino Median household income ($) - American Indian and Alaska Native Median household income ($) - Multirace Median household income ($) - Other Race Mortgage status - with mortgage (%) Mortgage status - with second mortgage (%) Mortgage status - with home equity loan (%) Mortgage status - with both second mortgage and home equity loan (%) Mortgage status - without a mortgage (%) Median year house/condo built Median year apartment built Household type by relationship - Family households (%) Household type by relationship - Family households - Male householder (%) Household type by relationship - Family households - Female householder (%) Household type by relationship - Nonfamily households (%) Household type by relationship - Nonfamily households - Male householder (%) Household type by relationship - Nonfamily households - Female householder (%) Household type by relationship - In group quarters (%) Size of family households - 2-person household (%) Size of family households - 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Based on 2000-2011 data Loading data... 123 Hide US histogram Recent posts about housing in Lake Charles, Louisiana on our local forum with over 1,500,000 registered users: good home builder, neighborhoods, in Lake Charles?  (5 replies) We're going to be calling Lake Charles home!  (7 replies) Lake Charles - Panorama Burger House?  (1 reply) houma vs. lake charles oilfield work  (45 replies) Lake Charles Cheap Housing?  (5 replies) Just got back from Lake Charles...  (59 replies) Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $111,400 (it was $70,800 in 2000) Lake Charles: $111,400 Louisiana: $135,400 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $77,400 - $180,100 Mean price in 2009: Detached houses: $141,387 Here: $141,387 State: $177,067 Townhouses or other attached units: $184,848 Here: $184,848 State: $204,229 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $65,054 Here: $65,054 State: $186,546 Mobile homes: $31,734 Here: $31,734 State: $34,481 Median year house/condo built: 1964 Median year apartment built: 1973 Household type by relationship: Households: 68,210 In family households: 56,460 (11,890 male householders, 6,238 female householders) 11,828 spouses, 20,823 children (19,163 natural, 525 adopted, 1,135 stepchildren), 2,424 grandchildren, 739 brothers or sisters, 414 parents, 986 other relatives, 1,118 non-relatives In nonfamily households: 11,750 (4,451 male householders (3,543 living alone)), 5,386 female householders (4,789 living alone)), 1,913 nonrelatives In group quarters: 3,309 (1,896 institutionalized population) Size of family households: 7,640 2-persons, 4,486 3-persons, 3,429 4-persons, 1,598 5-persons, 582 6-persons, 393 7-or-more-persons. Size of nonfamily households: 8,332 1-person, 1,235 2-persons, 177 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 11 5-persons. 8,923 married couples with children. 6,707 single-parent households (847 men, 5,860 women). 90.2% of residents of Lake Charles speak English at home. 1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all). 7.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 4% speak English not well). 0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all). 0.3% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well). Foreign born population: 1,505 (2.1%) (37.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2009 in Lake Charles, LA: Less than $10,000: 137 $10,000 to $14,999: 69 $15,000 to $19,999: 121 $20,000 to $24,999: 116 $25,000 to $29,999: 81 $30,000 to $34,999: 205 $35,000 to $39,999: 260 $40,000 to $49,999: 625 $50,000 to $59,999: 950 $60,000 to $69,999: 1153 $70,000 to $79,999: 1166 $80,000 to $89,999: 1232 $90,000 to $99,999: 1220 $100,000 to $124,999: 2684 $125,000 to $149,999: 2241 $150,000 to $174,999: 1227 $175,000 to $199,999: 944 $200,000 to $249,999: 1076 $250,000 to $299,999: 536 $300,000 to $399,999: 557 $400,000 to $499,999: 292 $500,000 to $749,999: 311 $750,000 to $999,999: 77 $1,000,000 or more: 89

Rent paid by renters in 2009 in Lake Charles: Less than $100: 61 people $100 to $149: 167 $150 to $199: 231 $200 to $249: 439 $250 to $299: 445 $300 to $349: 484 $350 to $399: 408 $400 to $449: 524 $450 to $499: 732 $500 to $549: 611 $550 to $599: 821 $600 to $649: 670 $650 to $699: 642 $700 to $749: 866 $750 to $799: 733 $800 to $899: 1,253 $900 to $999: 689 $1,000 to $1,249: 866 $1,250 to $1,499: 394 $1,500 to $1,999: 102 $2,000 or more: 22 No cash rent: 1,096

Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.5%
Number of people working at home: 565 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work (commute) Less than 5 minutes: 1308 5 to 9 minutes: 5262 10 to 14 minutes: 7467 15 to 19 minutes: 7631 20 to 24 minutes: 3789 25 to 29 minutes: 673 30 to 34 minutes: 1453 35 to 39 minutes: 98 40 to 44 minutes: 125 45 to 59 minutes: 393 60 to 89 minutes: 373 90 or more minutes: 528

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 23,842 (80%) Carpooled: 3,872 (13%) Bus or trolley bus: 172 (1%) Ferryboat: 3 (0%) Taxi: 34 (0%) Motorcycle: 77 (0%) Bicycle: 166 (1%) Walked: 683 (2%) Other means: 251 (1%) Worked at home: 565 (2%)

Household income: Less than $10,000: 4620 $10,000 to $14,999: 2831 $15,000 to $19,999: 2327 $20,000 to $24,999: 2085 $25,000 to $29,999: 1745 $30,000 to $34,999: 1988 $35,000 to $39,999: 1693 $40,000 to $44,999: 1323 $45,000 to $49,999: 978 $50,000 to $59,999: 2177 $60,000 to $74,999: 1956 $75,000 to $99,999: 2047 $100,000 to $124,999: 968 $125,000 to $149,999: 429 $150,000 to $199,999: 300 $200,000 or more: 498

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 30883

French (except Basque): 6194

United States or American: 4700

English: 2969

French Canadian: 2630

German: 2499

Irish: 2410

Italian: 1262

Scotch-Irish: 874

Acadian/Cajun: 816

Subsaharan African:: 554

African: 535

Scottish: 501

Arab:: 279

Dutch: 247

Polish: 225

European: 142

Arab/Arabic: 127

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 123

Swedish: 114

Norwegian: 105

Lebanese: 98

Danish: 97

British: 91

Welsh: 76

Haitian: 67

Greek: 57

Scandinavian: 53

Hungarian: 46

Turkish: 40

Belgian: 34

Palestinian: 34

Russian: 31

Maltese: 29

Canadian: 27

Bermudan: 25

Lithuanian: 24

Czech: 20

Jamaican: 16

Brazilian: 14

Finnish: 13

Celtic: 13

Nigerian: 13

Syrian: 12

Iranian: 11

Czechoslovakian: 11

Other West Indian: 10

Romanian: 9

Egyptian: 8

Pennsylvania German: 8

Eastern European: 8

Croatian: 7

Yugoslavian: 7

Northern European: 6

Swiss: 6

Kenyan: 6

German Russian: 5

Belizean: 5

Portuguese: 4

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 56275
• Northeast: 1072
• Midwest: 2119
• South: 8462
• West: 1624

54% of Lake Charles residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Louisiana.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 462
• Nursery to 4th grade: 258
• 5th and 6th grade: 625
• 7th and 8th grade: 637
• 9th grade: 612
• 10th grade: 682
• 11th grade: 742
• 12th grade, no diploma: 905
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,648
• Less than 1 year of college: 1,135
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,502
• Associate degree: 692
• Bachelor's degree: 2,615
• Master's degree: 1,006
• Professional school degree: 617
• Doctorate degree: 252

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 545
• Nursery to 4th grade: 309
• 5th and 6th grade: 573
• 7th and 8th grade: 1,026
• 9th grade: 580
• 10th grade: 940
• 11th grade: 1,130
• 12th grade, no diploma: 996
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,556
• Less than 1 year of college: 1,619
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,576
• Associate degree: 993
• Bachelor's degree: 3,061
• Master's degree: 1,251
• Professional school degree: 159
• Doctorate degree: 75

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 8.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 14.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.2%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 29.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 18.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 12.1%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.6%

Median household income in 2009 for:

• White non-Hispanic householders: $50,152
• Black householders: $25,956
• American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $58,753
• Asian householders: $51,362
• Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $40,581
• Some other race householders: $27,183
• Two or more races householders: $35,685
• Hispanic or Latino race householders: $28,665

Median 2009 house value for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $134,529
• Black or African American householders: $85,280
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $81,032
• Asian householders: $183,621
• Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $177,012
• Two or more races householders: $100,385
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $127,763

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 22,035
• One, attached: 778
• Two: 1,672
• 3 or 4: 1,479
• 5 to 9: 1,261
• 10 to 19: 1,222
• 20 to 49: 547
• 50 or more: 1,592
• Mobile homes: 673
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 52

Median worth of mobile homes: $30,100

House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago

Renter moved in on average 4 years ago

Private vs. public school enrollment:

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