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Oberlin town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Oberlin town is a Census town of 1,809 people across 4.38 square miles of land, in Allen Parish. Median household income is $31,738, 56.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Oberlin
What Oberlin is
- Census place typetown
- Land area4.38 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land413 plus or minus 102
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllen Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oberlin
How many people live in Oberlin
- Population1,809 plus or minus 449
- Median age38.0 plus or minus 9.7
- Population under 18469 plus or minus 163
- Share under 1825.9 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Population 65 and over360 plus or minus 103
- Share 65 and over19.9 percent
- Households719 plus or minus 172
- Family households421 plus or minus 129
- Share of households that are families58.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oberlin
Income and work in Oberlin
- Median household income$31,738 plus or minus $7,783
- Per capita income$21,036
- Civilian labor force608 plus or minus 182
- Employed589 plus or minus 182
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 25
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over1,195 plus or minus 250
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oberlin
Housing in Oberlin
- Housing units877 plus or minus 183
- Occupied units719 plus or minus 172
- Vacant units158 plus or minus 61
- Vacancy rate18.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied403 plus or minus 120
- Renter occupied316 plus or minus 124
- Ownership rate56.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$96,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$448 plus or minus $340
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.9 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Single family units485 plus or minus 121
- Share single family55.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more256 plus or minus 120
- Share in buildings of two or more29.2 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Mobile homes128 plus or minus 68
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oberlin
How Oberlin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute589 plus or minus 182
- Commuting under 15 minutes274 plus or minus 134
- Share commuting under 15 minutes46.5 percent plus or minus 17.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more136 plus or minus 90
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.1 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Drove alone98.0 percent
- Carpooled2.0 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oberlin
SBA loans in Oberlin (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$290,000
- Average approval$290,000
- Median approval$290,000
- Largest approval$290,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Allen Parish, not Oberlin
Allen Parish context, not Oberlin figures
These are Allen Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Oberlin measurements.
- Establishments in Allen Parish310
- Employment at those establishments, Allen Parish3,450
- Covered employment, Allen Parish7,378
- Average annual pay, Allen Parish$49,734
- Average weekly wage, Allen Parish$956
- Housing units permitted, Allen Parish49
- Of those, single family, Allen Parish49
- County product, 2024, Allen Parish$1,080,471,000
- County product change over the prior year, Allen Parish9.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Allen Parish$40,982
Every figure in this section is published for Allen Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Oberlin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Oberlin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Oberlin, Louisiana?
1,809, in 719 households. Oberlin town covers 4.38 square miles of land, which is 413 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Oberlin in?
Allen Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Oberlin?
$31,738. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $96,000. Median gross rent is $448 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Oberlin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allen Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Oberlin.
Is zoning published for Oberlin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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