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Lawtell, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Lawtell is a Census CDP of 1,171 people across 4.15 square miles of land, in St. Landry Parish. 84.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Lawtell
What Lawtell is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.15 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land282 plus or minus 132
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Landry 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.
Lawtell
How many people live in Lawtell
- Population1,171 plus or minus 548
- Median age49.8 plus or minus 19.5
- Population under 18300 plus or minus 180
- Share under 1825.6 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Population 65 and over389 plus or minus 195
- Share 65 and over33.2 percent
- Households581 plus or minus 180
- Family households226 plus or minus 163
- Share of households that are families38.9 percent plus or minus 25.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawtell
Income and work in Lawtell
- Per capita income$24,601 plus or minus $11,647
- Civilian labor force411 plus or minus 289
- Employed402 plus or minus 267
- Unemployed9 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate2.2 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Adults 25 and over836 plus or minus 359
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.9 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawtell
Housing in Lawtell
- Housing units581 plus or minus 180
- Occupied units581 plus or minus 180
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied490 plus or minus 170
- Renter occupied91 plus or minus 91
- Ownership rate84.3 percent
- Single family units382 plus or minus 171
- Share single family65.7 percent plus or minus 21.1
- Units in buildings of two or more47 plus or minus 65
- Share in buildings of two or more8.1 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes152 plus or minus 131
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawtell
How Lawtell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute402 plus or minus 267
- Commuting under 15 minutes125 plus or minus 176
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.1 percent plus or minus 38.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more115 plus or minus 115
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.6 percent plus or minus 21.4
- Drove alone60.0 percent plus or minus 51.1
- Carpooled22.4 percent plus or minus 26.2
- Public transport8.2 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
St. Landry Parish, not Lawtell
St. Landry Parish context, not Lawtell figures
- Establishments in St. Landry Parish1,559
- Covered employment, St. Landry Parish23,554
- Average annual pay, St. Landry Parish$47,117
- Housing units permitted, St. Landry Parish139
Every figure in this section is published for St. Landry Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Lawtell.
All St. Landry Parish figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Lawtell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lawtell, Louisiana?
1,171, in 581 households. Lawtell CDP covers 4.15 square miles of land, which is 282 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lawtell in?
St. Landry Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Are the county figures on this page Lawtell figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Landry 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 Lawtell.
Is zoning published for Lawtell?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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