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Lake Providence town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Lake Providence town is a Census town of 3,349 people across 3.59 square miles of land, in East Carroll Parish. Median household income is $27,580, 48.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Lake Providence
What Lake Providence is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.59 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land932
- County holding the largest share of its areaEast Carroll 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.
Lake Providence
How many people live in Lake Providence
- Population3,349
- Median age31.1 plus or minus 6.5
- Population under 18984 plus or minus 234
- Share under 1829.4 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Population 65 and over644 plus or minus 152
- Share 65 and over19.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Households1,573
- Family households931 plus or minus 186
- Share of households that are families59.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Providence
Income and work in Lake Providence
- Median household income$27,580 plus or minus $7,816
- Per capita income$20,501
- Civilian labor force1,404
- Employed1,187 plus or minus 237
- Unemployed217 plus or minus 156
- Unemployment rate15.5 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Adults 25 and over1,947
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Providence
Housing in Lake Providence
- Housing units2,064
- Occupied units1,573
- Vacant units491 plus or minus 150
- Vacancy rate23.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Owner occupied764 plus or minus 156
- Renter occupied809 plus or minus 246
- Ownership rate48.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$115,600 plus or minus $95,460
- Median gross rent, monthly$606 plus or minus $188
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.4 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Single family units1,451
- Share single family70.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more345 plus or minus 179
- Share in buildings of two or more16.7 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Mobile homes268 plus or minus 137
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Providence
How Lake Providence gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,105 plus or minus 247
- Commuting under 15 minutes685 plus or minus 210
- Share commuting under 15 minutes62.0 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more130 plus or minus 83
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone73.2 percent
- Carpooled14.3 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Worked from home5.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Carroll Parish, not Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish context, not Lake Providence figures
These are East Carroll Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lake Providence measurements.
- Establishments in East Carroll Parish102
- Employment at those establishments, East Carroll Parish1,106
- Covered employment, East Carroll Parish1,427
- Average annual pay, East Carroll Parish$41,831
- Average weekly wage, East Carroll Parish$804
- Housing units permitted, East Carroll Parish1
- Of those, single family, East Carroll Parish1
- County product, 2024, East Carroll Parish$165,772,000
- County product change over the prior year, East Carroll Parish-7.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, East Carroll Parish$46,538
Every figure in this section is published for East Carroll Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Lake Providence. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Lake Providence questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lake Providence, Louisiana?
3,349, in 1,573 households. Lake Providence town covers 3.59 square miles of land, which is 932 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lake Providence in?
East Carroll 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 Lake Providence?
$27,580. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $115,600. Median gross rent is $606 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 Lake Providence figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for East Carroll 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 Lake Providence.
Is zoning published for Lake Providence?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.