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Homer town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Homer town is a Census town of 2,654 people across 4.65 square miles of land, in Claiborne Parish. Median household income is $23,160, 47.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.8 m.
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Homer
What Homer is
- Census place typetown
- Land area4.65 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land570
- County holding the largest share of its areaClaiborne 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.
Homer
How many people live in Homer
- Population2,654
- Median age31.4 plus or minus 10.0
- Population under 18795 plus or minus 226
- Share under 1830.0 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Population 65 and over343 plus or minus 117
- Share 65 and over12.9 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households1,062
- Family households480 plus or minus 109
- Share of households that are families45.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
Income and work in Homer
- Median household income$23,160 plus or minus $9,077
- Per capita income$24,678 plus or minus $12,145
- Civilian labor force873 plus or minus 213
- Employed828 plus or minus 196
- Unemployed45 plus or minus 63
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over1,572
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher77.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
Housing in Homer
- Housing units1,355
- Occupied units1,062
- Vacant units293 plus or minus 133
- Vacancy rate21.6 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Owner occupied504 plus or minus 136
- Renter occupied558 plus or minus 144
- Ownership rate47.5 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$80,700 plus or minus $28,945
- Median gross rent, monthly$729
- Annual rent as a share of median income37.8 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Single family units1,099
- Share single family81.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more194 plus or minus 112
- Share in buildings of two or more14.3 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes62 plus or minus 58
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
How Homer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute790 plus or minus 203
- Commuting under 15 minutes400 plus or minus 174
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.6 percent plus or minus 17.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more197 plus or minus 109
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.9 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Drove alone83.3 percent
- Carpooled13.3 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
SBA loans in Homer (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$5,762,000
- Average approval$2,881,000
- Median approval$3,770,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,770,000
- Largest approval$3,770,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term269 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Claiborne Parish, not Homer
Claiborne Parish context, not Homer figures
These are Claiborne Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Homer measurements.
- Establishments in Claiborne Parish193
- Employment at those establishments, Claiborne Parish2,180
- Covered employment, Claiborne Parish2,992
- Average annual pay, Claiborne Parish$47,473
- Average weekly wage, Claiborne Parish$913
- Housing units permitted, Claiborne Parish3
- Of those, single family, Claiborne Parish3
- County product, 2024, Claiborne Parish$515,610,000
- County product change over the prior year, Claiborne Parish11.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Claiborne Parish$45,876
Every figure in this section is published for Claiborne Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Homer. 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
Homer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Homer, Louisiana?
2,654, in 1,062 households. Homer town covers 4.65 square miles of land, which is 570 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Homer in?
Claiborne 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 Homer?
$23,160. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $80,700. Median gross rent is $729 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Homer businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $5.8 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $3,770,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Homer, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Homer borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Homer. 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 Homer figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Claiborne 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 Homer.
Is zoning published for Homer?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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