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Lake Arthur town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Lake Arthur town is a Census town of 2,585 people across 1.85 square miles of land, in Jefferson Davis Parish. Median household income is $53,920, 66.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.0 m.
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Lake Arthur
What Lake Arthur is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.85 sq mi
- Water area0.57 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,394
- 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.
Lake Arthur
How many people live in Lake Arthur
- Population2,585
- Median age37.3
- Population under 18564 plus or minus 144
- Share under 1821.8 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over397 plus or minus 107
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households1,035
- Family households686
- Share of households that are families66.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Arthur
Income and work in Lake Arthur
- Median household income$53,920 plus or minus $16,539
- Per capita income$29,024 plus or minus $6,106
- Civilian labor force1,217
- Employed1,160
- Unemployed57 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over1,654
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher75.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.5 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.0 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Arthur
Housing in Lake Arthur
- Housing units1,335
- Occupied units1,035
- Vacant units300 plus or minus 112
- Vacancy rate22.5 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Owner occupied686
- Renter occupied349 plus or minus 129
- Ownership rate66.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$83,600 plus or minus $26,269
- Median gross rent, monthly$723
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Single family units998
- Share single family74.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more44 plus or minus 37
- Share in buildings of two or more3.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Mobile homes293 plus or minus 126
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Arthur
How Lake Arthur gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,155
- Commuting under 15 minutes279 plus or minus 98
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.2 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more497 plus or minus 171
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.0 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Drove alone82.3 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Arthur
SBA loans in Lake Arthur (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$4,015,000
- Average approval$1,338,333
- Median approval$1,335,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,530,000
- Largest approval$2,530,000
- Jobs supported32
- Jobs per approval10.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term156 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 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.
Lake Arthur
SBA loans in Lake Arthur (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$488,000
- Average approval$488,000
- Median approval$488,000
- Largest approval$488,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 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 Lake Arthur
Jefferson Davis Parish context, not Lake Arthur 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 Lake Arthur 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 Lake Arthur. 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
Lake Arthur questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lake Arthur, Louisiana?
2,585, in 1,035 households. Lake Arthur town covers 1.85 square miles of land, which is 1,394 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lake Arthur 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 Lake Arthur?
$53,920. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $83,600. Median gross rent is $723 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lake Arthur businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $4.0 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,335,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $488,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lake Arthur, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lake Arthur borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lake Arthur. 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 Lake Arthur 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 Lake Arthur.
Is zoning published for Lake Arthur?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.