Lake Charles, LA (Louisiana) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 71,061 (Urban population: 70,670, Rural population: 391 (all nonfarm))

Lake Charles, Louisiana Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 31,311 (27,887 occupied: 16,112 owner occupied, 11,775 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	42%
State:	32%

Housing density: 780 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $151,800.

Median contract rent in 2007: $501 (lower quartile is $331, upper quartile is $653)

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

Lake Charles,LA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $110,200 (it was $70,800 in 2000)

Lake Charles:	$110,200
Louisiana:	$126,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $70,600 - $169,900

Median year house/condo built: 1961

Median year apartment built: 1968

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)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lake Charles, Louisiana:
	1 room: 19 2 rooms: 160 3 rooms: 314 4 rooms: 1,257 5 rooms: 3,887 6 rooms: 4,435 7 rooms: 3,039 8 rooms: 1,506 9 or more rooms: 1,495

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lake Charles, Louisiana:
	1 room: 460 2 rooms: 1,005 3 rooms: 2,311 4 rooms: 3,381 5 rooms: 2,737 6 rooms: 1,232 7 rooms: 437 8 rooms: 123 9 or more rooms: 89

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 764
1995 to 1998: 1,272
1990 to 1994: 1,137
1980 to 1989: 3,434
1970 to 1979: 5,894
1960 to 1969: 5,542
1950 to 1959: 7,492
1940 to 1949: 3,081
1939 or earlier: 2,695

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lake Charles:
	no bedroom: 19 1 bedroom: 505 2 bedrooms: 3,166 3 bedrooms: 9,401 4 bedrooms: 2,613 5 or more bedrooms: 408

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lake Charles:
	no bedroom: 481 1 bedroom: 3,499 2 bedrooms: 4,687 3 bedrooms: 2,856 4 bedrooms: 234 5 or more bedrooms: 18

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Lake Charles in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 716 1 vehicle: 5,889 2 vehicles: 7,041 3 vehicles: 1,849 4 vehicles: 529 5 or more vehicles: 88

Cars and other vehicles available in Lake Charles in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,523 1 vehicle: 6,148 2 vehicles: 2,563 3 vehicles: 495 4 vehicles: 32 5 or more vehicles: 14

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Lake Charles, LA:

Less than $10,000: 130
$10,000 to $14,999: 65
$15,000 to $19,999: 116
$20,000 to $24,999: 107
$25,000 to $29,999: 76
$30,000 to $34,999: 205
$35,000 to $39,999: 249
$40,000 to $49,999: 600
$50,000 to $59,999: 921
$60,000 to $69,999: 1092
$70,000 to $79,999: 1109
$80,000 to $89,999: 1165
$90,000 to $99,999: 1152
$100,000 to $124,999: 2514
$125,000 to $149,999: 2082
$150,000 to $174,999: 1110
$175,000 to $199,999: 864
$200,000 to $249,999: 988
$250,000 to $299,999: 498
$300,000 to $399,999: 507
$400,000 to $499,999: 268
$500,000 to $749,999: 288
$750,000 to $999,999: 70
$1,000,000 or more: 80

Lake Charles rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Lake Charles:

Less than $100: 650 people
$100 to $149: 432
$150 to $199: 645
$200 to $249: 518
$250 to $299: 505
$300 to $349: 589
$350 to $399: 767
$400 to $449: 935
$450 to $499: 1,001
$500 to $549: 1,013
$550 to $599: 973
$600 to $649: 868
$650 to $699: 894
$700 to $749: 733
$750 to $799: 399
$800 to $899: 472
$900 to $999: 285
$1,000 to $1,249: 233
$1,250 to $1,499: 41
$1,500 to $1,999: 70
$2,000 or more: 107
No cash rent: 736

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 433 1990 to 1994: 375 1985 to 1989: 127 1980 to 1984: 149 1975 to 1979: 80 1970 to 1974: 82 1970 to 1974: 76 1965 to 1969: 183

Lake Charles, LA Time Leaving Home for Work

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

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

Lake Charles mode of transportation to work chart

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

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (10%)
India (10%)
Vietnam (9%)
Jordan (5%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Canada (5%)
Peru (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

Educational Attainment for Males

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

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

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%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $41,764
Black householders: $26,275
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $50,041
Asian householders: $58,013
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $53,051
Some other race householders: $30,507
Two or more races householders: $35,037
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $31,489

Lake Charles household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Lake Charles household income for Black householders

Lake Charles household income for Asian householders

Lake Charles marital status for males

Lake Charles marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $133,080
Black or African American householders: $84,362
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $80,159
Asian householders: $181,643
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $175,105
Two or more races householders: $99,304
Hispanic or Latino householders: $126,387

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: $22,984

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lake Charles:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (69%) Electricity (30%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (49%) Utility gas (49%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,426

Here:	17.0%
Louisiana:	17.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 536

Here:	12.3%
Louisiana:	15.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 424

Here:	9.7%
Louisiana:	16.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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