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Chatham town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Chatham town is a Census town of 534 people across 0.99 square miles of land, in Jackson Parish. Median household income is $37,353, 60.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $170,000.
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Chatham
What Chatham is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.99 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land540 plus or minus 233
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson 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.
Chatham
How many people live in Chatham
- Population534 plus or minus 230
- Median age45.3 plus or minus 20.2
- Population under 18103 plus or minus 68
- Share under 1819.3 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Population 65 and over83 plus or minus 41
- Share 65 and over15.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households208 plus or minus 69
- Family households99 plus or minus 48
- Share of households that are families47.6 percent plus or minus 16.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chatham
Income and work in Chatham
- Median household income$37,353 plus or minus $14,117
- Per capita income$18,646 plus or minus $3,997
- Civilian labor force188 plus or minus 89
- Employed187 plus or minus 89
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate0.5 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over426 plus or minus 183
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher63.4 percent plus or minus 35.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.4 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.0 percent plus or minus 8.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chatham
Housing in Chatham
- Housing units271 plus or minus 76
- Occupied units208 plus or minus 69
- Vacant units63 plus or minus 32
- Vacancy rate23.2 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Owner occupied125 plus or minus 52
- Renter occupied83 plus or minus 51
- Ownership rate60.1 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Median owner-occupied home value$42,500 plus or minus $37,862
- Median gross rent, monthly$758
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.4 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Single family units197 plus or minus 61
- Share single family72.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8 plus or minus 18
- Share in buildings of two or more3.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes65 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chatham
How Chatham gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute181 plus or minus 89
- Commuting under 15 minutes24 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.3 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more84 plus or minus 43
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.4 percent
- Drove alone76.2 percent plus or minus 20.8
- Carpooled2.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport1.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Walked10.8 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chatham
SBA loans in Chatham (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$170,000
- Average approval$170,000
- Median approval$170,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$170,000
- Largest approval$170,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Chatham
SBA loans in Chatham (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$255,000
- Average approval$255,000
- Median approval$255,000
- Largest approval$255,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jackson Parish, not Chatham
Jackson Parish context, not Chatham figures
These are Jackson Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Chatham measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson Parish253
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson Parish2,883
- Covered employment, Jackson Parish3,866
- Average annual pay, Jackson Parish$54,041
- Average weekly wage, Jackson Parish$1,039
- Housing units permitted, Jackson Parish0
- Of those, single family, Jackson Parish0
- County product, 2024, Jackson Parish$603,741,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson Parish9.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson Parish$46,503
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Chatham. 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
Chatham questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Chatham, Louisiana?
534, in 208 households. Chatham town covers 0.99 square miles of land, which is 540 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Chatham in?
Jackson 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 Chatham?
$37,353. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $42,500. Median gross rent is $758 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Chatham businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $170,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $170,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $255,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Chatham, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Chatham borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Chatham. only 1 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 Chatham figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson 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 Chatham.
Is zoning published for Chatham?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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