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Westlake city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Westlake city is a Census city of 4,743 people across 3.82 square miles of land, in Calcasieu Parish. Median household income is $68,381, 75.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m.
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Westlake
What Westlake is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.82 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,240
- County holding the largest share of its areaCalcasieu 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.
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How many people live in Westlake
- Population4,743
- Median age40.0
- Population under 18907 plus or minus 274
- Share under 1819.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over1,137 plus or minus 408
- Share 65 and over24.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Households2,046
- Family households1,250
- Share of households that are families61.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Westlake
- Median household income$68,381
- Per capita income$42,234 plus or minus $10,424
- Civilian labor force2,188
- Employed2,188
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over3,520
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.1 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Westlake
- Housing units2,524
- Occupied units2,046
- Vacant units478 plus or minus 253
- Vacancy rate18.9 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Owner occupied1,542
- Renter occupied504 plus or minus 186
- Ownership rate75.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$166,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,049
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.4 percent
- Single family units1,977
- Share single family78.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more268 plus or minus 139
- Share in buildings of two or more10.6 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes279 plus or minus 246
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Westlake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,108
- Commuting under 15 minutes239 plus or minus 114
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.3 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more698 plus or minus 418
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.1 percent plus or minus 18.7
- Drove alone73.7 percent plus or minus 19.1
- Carpooled21.6 percent plus or minus 16.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home2.4 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westlake
SBA loans in Westlake (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,711,000
- Average approval$570,333
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,501,000
- Largest approval$1,501,000
- Jobs supported28
- Jobs per approval9.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Westlake
SBA loans in Westlake (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,004,000
- Average approval$502,000
- Median approval$764,000
- Largest approval$764,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Calcasieu Parish, not Westlake
Calcasieu Parish context, not Westlake figures
These are Calcasieu Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Westlake measurements.
- Establishments in Calcasieu Parish4,705
- Employment at those establishments, Calcasieu Parish75,412
- Covered employment, Calcasieu Parish88,649
- Average annual pay, Calcasieu Parish$61,711
- Average weekly wage, Calcasieu Parish$1,187
- Housing units permitted, Calcasieu Parish1,361
- Of those, single family, Calcasieu Parish829
- County product, 2024, Calcasieu Parish$18,357,421,000
- County product change over the prior year, Calcasieu Parish-3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Calcasieu Parish$48,691
Every figure in this section is published for Calcasieu Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Westlake. 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
Westlake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Westlake, Louisiana?
4,743, in 2,046 households. Westlake city covers 3.82 square miles of land, which is 1,240 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Westlake in?
Calcasieu 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 Westlake?
$68,381. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $166,100. Median gross rent is $1,049 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Westlake businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $1.7 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Westlake, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Westlake borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Westlake. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Westlake figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Calcasieu 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 Westlake.
Is zoning published for Westlake?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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