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Duson town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Duson town is a Census town of 1,282 people across 2.99 square miles of land, lying across Lafayette Parish and Acadia Parish. Median household income is $25,054, 62.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 12 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.6 m.
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Duson
What Duson is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.99 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land429 plus or minus 143
- County holding the largest share of its areaLafayette Parish, 75.5 percent
- Counties this place lies inLafayette Parish 75.5 percent, Acadia Parish 24.5 percent
Duson town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Duson
How many people live in Duson
- Population1,282 plus or minus 427
- Median age42.0 plus or minus 11.4
- Population under 18342 plus or minus 145
- Share under 1826.7 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Population 65 and over175 plus or minus 83
- Share 65 and over13.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Households518 plus or minus 133
- Family households302 plus or minus 122
- Share of households that are families58.3 percent plus or minus 18.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Duson
- Median household income$25,054 plus or minus $7,407
- Per capita income$15,036 plus or minus $3,123
- Civilian labor force425 plus or minus 146
- Employed380 plus or minus 135
- Unemployed45 plus or minus 33
- Unemployment rate10.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over882 plus or minus 294
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher58.4 percent plus or minus 26.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.1 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.1 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Duson
- Housing units732 plus or minus 162
- Occupied units518 plus or minus 133
- Vacant units214 plus or minus 95
- Vacancy rate29.2 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Owner occupied323 plus or minus 114
- Renter occupied195 plus or minus 87
- Ownership rate62.4 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Median owner-occupied home value$54,300 plus or minus $14,824
- Median gross rent, monthly$743 plus or minus $331
- Annual rent as a share of median income35.6 percent plus or minus 19.0
- Single family units364 plus or minus 110
- Share single family49.7 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Units in buildings of two or more41 plus or minus 43
- Share in buildings of two or more5.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes327 plus or minus 103
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Duson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute359 plus or minus 131
- Commuting under 15 minutes48 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.4 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more109 plus or minus 63
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.4 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Drove alone70.0 percent plus or minus 34.7
- Carpooled18.8 percent plus or minus 16.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Duson
SBA 7(a) lending to Duson borrowers
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$8,640,900
- Average approval$720,075
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,650,700
- Largest approval$1,700,000
- Jobs supported227
- Jobs per approval18.9
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises8.3 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
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.
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SBA 504 lending to Duson borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,538,000
- Average approval$512,667
- Median approval$535,000
- Largest approval$658,000
- Jobs supported31
- 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.
Lafayette Parish, not Duson
Lafayette Parish context, not Duson figures
These are Lafayette Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Duson measurements.
- Establishments in Lafayette Parish8,844
- Employment at those establishments, Lafayette Parish132,799
- Covered employment, Lafayette Parish137,173
- Average annual pay, Lafayette Parish$58,120
- Average weekly wage, Lafayette Parish$1,118
- Housing units permitted, Lafayette Parish1,592
- Of those, single family, Lafayette Parish1,574
- County product, 2024, Lafayette Parish$19,778,244,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lafayette Parish4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lafayette Parish$54,015
Every figure in this section is published for Lafayette Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Duson. 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
Duson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Duson, Louisiana?
1,282, in 518 households. Duson town covers 2.99 square miles of land, which is 429 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Duson in?
Duson lies in more than one. By area it is 75.5 percent in Lafayette Parish, 24.5 percent in Acadia Parish. This page sits under Lafayette Parish because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Duson?
$25,054. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $54,300. Median gross rent is $743 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Duson businesses?
12 7(a) approvals totalling $8.6 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Duson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Duson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Duson. 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 Duson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lafayette 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 Duson.
Is zoning published for Duson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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