71327 Zip Code (Cottonport, LA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2019: 5,955
Zip code population in 2010: 5,454
Zip code population in 2000: 5,831

Houses and condos: 1,804
Renter-occupied apartments: 446
March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 71327: 78.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 42.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 142 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2019:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $528 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $208 (0.2%)

For population 25 years and over in 71327:

• High school or higher: 62.5%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.4%
• Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
• Unemployed: 3.5%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 35.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 71327:

• Never married: 47.9%
• Now married: 32.2%
• Separated: 2.2%
• Widowed: 3.7%
• Divorced: 14.0%

• 
• • 2,79851.3%White
  • 2,50345.9%Black
  • 661.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 410.8%Two or more races
  • 290.5%American Indian
  • 120.2%Asian
  • 50.09%Some other race

Urban population: 3,892
Rural population: 2,062

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 71327, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $44,064 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$44,064
State:	$56,730

Salary/wage: $35,311 (reported on 86.8% of returns)

Here:	$35,311
State:	$45,545

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 82.5% for AGIs below $25k, 80.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 81.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 73.2% for AGIs $100k-200k, 25.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $821 (reported on 22.5% of returns)

This zip code:	$821
Louisiana:	$1,804

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs $100k-200k, 0.6% for AGIs over 200k)

Ordinary dividends: $4,000 (reported on 7.9% of returns)

Here:	$4,000
State:	$7,610

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs below $25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,610 (reported on 6.6% of returns)

Here:	+$1,610
State:	+$17,096

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$16,895 (reported on 14.6% of returns)

Here:	+$16,895
State:	+$12,088

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.0% for AGIs below $25k, 3.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $15,414 (reported on 4.6% of returns)

71327:	$15,414
Louisiana:	$16,085

Total itemized deductions: $21,367 (15% of AGI, reported on 9.9% of returns)

Here:	$21,367
State:	$23,585

Here:	15.4% of AGI
State:	18.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $4,550 (reported on 6.6% of returns)

Here:	$4,550
State:	$5,533

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $4,827 (reported on 9.9% of returns)

71327:	$4,827
State:	$6,282

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,814 (reported on 39.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,814
State:	$2,633

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 14.3% for AGIs below $25k, 2.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 66.9%

Here:	67%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 67.5% for AGIs below $25k, 63.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 58.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 70.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 81.8% for AGIs $100k-200k, 66.7% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 71327, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,475 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$29,475
State:	$39,411

Salary/wage: $26,489 (reported on 89.2% of returns)

Here:	$26,489
State:	$34,434

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 94.2% for AGIs below $10k, 83.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 83.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 86.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 82.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 57.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,090 (reported on 27.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,090
Louisiana:	$1,606

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.8% for AGIs below $10k, 1.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $1,766 (reported on 10.4% of returns)

Here:	$1,766
State:	$3,235

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$800 (reported on 7.1% of returns)

Here:	+$800
State:	+$8,531

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -0.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, -0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$9,840 (reported on 12.7% of returns)

Here:	+$9,840
State:	+$9,128

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.3% for AGIs below $10k, 2.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from farming: +$128 (reported on 2.6% of returns)

Here:	+$128
State:	-$6,401

IRA payment deduction: $3,105 (reported on 1.3% of returns)

71327:	$3,105
Louisiana:	$3,055

Total itemized deductions: $16,432 (20% of AGI, reported on 8.9% of returns)

Here:	$16,432
State:	$18,222

Here:	20.3% of AGI
State:	20.3% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 4.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 8.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,906 (4% of AGI, reported on 6.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,906
State:	$4,190

Here:	3.5% of AGI
State:	4.4% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $4,253 (reported on 58.4% of returns)

71327:	$4,253
State:	$6,529

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.6% for AGIs below $10k, 2.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 19.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $2,265 (reported on 38.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,265
State:	$2,103

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 64.8%

Here:	65%
State:	61%

(% for various income ranges: 61.0% for AGIs below $10k, 65.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 63.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 64.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 74.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 86.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 71333, 71350, 71339, 71362, 71341, 71369.
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Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 2.2% of all households
• Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 277
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,179

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 73 (15 now married, 56 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 1,074 (432 now married, 642 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 71327 with a mortgage: 617 (3 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 408

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $962
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $289

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2019:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2019:

• Zip code 71327 household income distribution in 2019

• 191Less than $10,000
• 97$10,000 to $14,999
• 147$15,000 to $19,999
• 27$20,000 to $24,999
• 21$25,000 to $29,999
• 36$30,000 to $34,999
• 26$35,000 to $39,999
• 85$40,000 to $44,999
• 86$45,000 to $49,999
• 92$50,000 to $59,999
• 121$60,000 to $74,999
• 193$75,000 to $99,999
• 29$100,000 to $124,999
• 76$125,000 to $149,999
• 93$150,000 to $199,999
• 125$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2019 in zip code 71327

• 11Less than $10,000
• 10$10,000 to $14,999
• 19$15,000 to $19,999
• 29$20,000 to $24,999
• 6$25,000 to $29,999
• 8$35,000 to $39,999
• 38$40,000 to $49,999
• 12$50,000 to $59,999
• 44$60,000 to $69,999
• 26$70,000 to $79,999
• 24$80,000 to $89,999
• 56$90,000 to $99,999
• 153$100,000 to $124,999
• 36$125,000 to $149,999
• 44$150,000 to $174,999
• 104$175,000 to $199,999
• 170$200,000 to $249,999
• 119$250,000 to $299,999
• 34$300,000 to $399,999
• 5$400,000 to $499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2019 in zip code 71327

• 3Less than $100
• 5$100 to $149
• 68$150 to $199
• 34$250 to $299
• 12$300 to $349
• 54$350 to $399
• 89$400 to $449
• 48$450 to $499
• 18$500 to $549
• 11$600 to $649
• 66No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2019: $642.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2019: $109,333.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2019 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $156,021
• Black or African American householders: $107,092
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $561,676
• Two or more races householders: $112,335

Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $139,545 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $97,545 - $232,506

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $169,707

Here:	$169,707
State:	$234,504

Mobile homes: $35,847

Here:	$35,847
State:	$69,208

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,382
• Two: 55
• 3 or 4: 87
• 5 to 9: 42
• Mobile homes: 223

Unemployment: 3.5%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 71327

• 80.5%1,356Drove a car alone
• 16.6%280Carpooled
• 0.2%4Walked
• 1.5%26Other means
• 0.4%7Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 71327

• 48Less than 5 minutes
• 2135 to 9 minutes
• 17110 to 14 minutes
• 42015 to 19 minutes
• 27120 to 24 minutes
• 13330 to 34 minutes
• 5940 to 44 minutes
• 7345 to 59 minutes
• 3760 to 89 minutes
• 23890 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 74.9%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 5,955

• Male householders: 671 (197 living alone), Female householders: 799 (275 living alone)

• 576 spouses (576 opposite-sex spouses), 128 unmarried partners, (91 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,207 children (1,179 natural, 0 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 107 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 37 foster children, 25 other relatives, 24 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,324 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 315 2-persons, 343 3-persons, 167 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 473 1-person, 60 2-persons, 25 3-persons

486 married couples with children.
383 single-parent households (13 men, 370 women).

89.6% of residents of 71327 zip code speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (98% very well, 3% not at all).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% very well, 9% well, 1% not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• BREWIN SEPTIC TANK SERVICES (ALTON FOGG ROAD in HICKORY, LA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit - ICIS-06-2005-2057, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  

• GREMILLION BROS INC (179 CHOUPIQUE in COTTONPORT, LA)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 5.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.5%

Population in 1990: 3,190. Population change in the 1990s: +2,641 (+82.8%).

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

• This state: 5,209
• Northeast: 45
• Midwest: 139
• South: 340
• West: 131

70% of the 71327 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Louisiana.

87% of the 71327 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 6% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 5% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 207
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 301 Students in private undergraduate colleges: 111

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• MERRICK CONSTRUCTION CO (1332 FRONT ST in COTTONPORT, LA; small business) : $34,270,762 in 120 contracts from 1999 to 2006

  Contracts for Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Other Non-Building Facilities by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Army
  Signed by year: 2000: $4,890,304; 2001: $11,376,253; 2002: $5,816,828; 2003: $2,402,817; 2004: $4,092,744; 2005: $1,734,956; 2006: $1,839,460.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $1,867,294 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Other Non-Building Facilities. Signed on 2001-11-26. Completion date: 2002-02-18.
  $1,404,093, same as above. Signed on 2001-12-14. Completion date: 2002-09-07.
  $1,187,159, same as above. Signed on 2002-11-25. Completion date: 2002-09-07.
  $1,134,000, same as above. Signed on 2001-12-13. Completion date: 2002-08-30.
  

• MATTHEA L RICHE' (141 S BAYOU DES GLAISES R in COTTONPORT, LA; small business) : $699,548 in 70 contracts from 2001 to 2006

  Contracts for Landscaping/Groundskeeping Services by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Army
  Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $50,760; 2002: $122,276; 2003: $151,564; 2004: $251,493; 2005: $127,030; 2006: -$3,575.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $64,400 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Landscaping/Groundskeeping Services. Signed on 2002-01-18. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
  $59,710 with Army for Landscaping/Groundskeeping Services. Signed on 2004-03-09. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
  $59,710 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Landscaping/Groundskeeping Services. Signed on 2004-03-09. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
  $53,925, same as above. Signed on 2003-04-08. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
  

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Health Care and Social Assistance: Vocational Rehabilitation Services (100-249 employees: 2 establishments)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (100-249: 1, 5-9: 1)
• Construction: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (50-99: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (10-19: 2, 1-4: 1)
• Educational Services: Elementary and Secondary Schools (10-19: 2)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Materials Recovery Facilities (10-19: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 71327 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Joseph	14	77.7 years
James	11	69.5 years
Mary	11	78.3 years
John	11	66.8 years
George	11	77.9 years
Frank	9	71.7 years
Herman	8	67.1 years
Louis	8	72.7 years
Lillie	8	79.7 years
Charles	7	67.1 years

Most common last names in zip code 71327 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Ducote	93	73.7 years
Gauthier	50	75.0 years
Lemoine	43	73.7 years
Armand	38	72.5 years
Jeansonne	28	76.9 years
Gremillion	26	75.8 years
Firmin	21	77.4 years
Bordelon	20	74.9 years
Juneau	18	80.6 years
Chenevert	17	76.6 years

Businesses in zip code 71327

• Subway: 1
• U-Haul: 1