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Jennings city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Jennings city is a Census city of 9,553 people across 10.56 square miles of land, in Jefferson Davis Parish. Median household income is $48,558, 64.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.6 m.
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Jennings
What Jennings is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.56 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land905
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson Davis 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.
Jennings
How many people live in Jennings
- Population9,553
- Median age39.8
- Population under 182,354
- Share under 1824.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,148
- Share 65 and over22.5 percent
- Households3,830
- Family households2,535
- Share of households that are families66.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jennings
Income and work in Jennings
- Median household income$48,558
- Per capita income$26,655
- Civilian labor force3,867
- Employed3,714
- Unemployed153 plus or minus 95
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over6,592
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.0 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.4 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jennings
Housing in Jennings
- Housing units4,689
- Occupied units3,830
- Vacant units859 plus or minus 216
- Vacancy rate18.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied2,456
- Renter occupied1,374
- Ownership rate64.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$136,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$881
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.8 percent
- Single family units3,683
- Share single family78.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more498 plus or minus 146
- Share in buildings of two or more10.6 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Mobile homes508 plus or minus 232
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jennings
How Jennings gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,552
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,927
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,135 plus or minus 329
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Drove alone85.0 percent
- Carpooled8.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home2.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jennings
SBA loans in Jennings (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$2,550,300
- Average approval$425,050
- Median approval$256,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,287,800
- Largest approval$1,287,800
- Jobs supported72
- Jobs per approval12.0
- 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 lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Jennings
SBA loans in Jennings (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$107,000
- Average approval$107,000
- Median approval$107,000
- Largest approval$107,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Jefferson Davis Parish, not Jennings
Jefferson Davis Parish context, not Jennings figures
These are Jefferson Davis Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Jennings measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson Davis Parish633
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson Davis Parish6,660
- Covered employment, Jefferson Davis Parish8,020
- Average annual pay, Jefferson Davis Parish$44,133
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson Davis Parish$849
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson Davis Parish69
- Of those, single family, Jefferson Davis Parish69
- County product, 2024, Jefferson Davis Parish$1,045,726,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson Davis Parish4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson Davis Parish$43,718
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson Davis Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Jennings. 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
Jennings questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Jennings, Louisiana?
9,553, in 3,830 households. Jennings city covers 10.56 square miles of land, which is 905 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Jennings in?
Jefferson Davis 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 Jennings?
$48,558. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $136,700. Median gross rent is $881 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Jennings businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $2.6 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $256,500, plus 1 504 approvals worth $107,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Jennings, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Jennings borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Jennings. 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 Jennings figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson Davis 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 Jennings.
Is zoning published for Jennings?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.