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Fort Polk South CDP, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Fort Polk South CDP is a Census CDP of 7,869 people across 6.14 square miles of land, in Vernon Parish. Median household income is $63,800, 1.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Fort Polk South
What Fort Polk South is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area6.14 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,281
- County holding the largest share of its areaVernon 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.
Fort Polk South
How many people live in Fort Polk South
- Population7,869
- Median age23.0
- Population under 182,543
- Share under 1832.3 percent
- Population 65 and over24 plus or minus 35
- Share 65 and over0.3 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Households2,238
- Family households1,821
- Share of households that are families81.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Polk South
Income and work in Fort Polk South
- Median household income$63,800
- Per capita income$27,179
- Civilian labor force1,365
- Employed1,309
- Unemployed56 plus or minus 35
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over3,439
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Polk South
Housing in Fort Polk South
- Housing units2,491
- Occupied units2,238
- Vacant units253 plus or minus 105
- Vacancy rate10.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied31 plus or minus 39
- Renter occupied2,207
- Ownership rate1.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,202
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.6 percent
- Single family units889
- Share single family35.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,551
- Share in buildings of two or more62.3 percent
- Mobile homes51 plus or minus 71
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Polk South
How Fort Polk South gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,452
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,646
- Share commuting under 15 minutes76.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more169 plus or minus 90
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more4.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Drove alone62.3 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked10.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home17.5 percent plus or minus 8.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Vernon Parish, not Fort Polk South
Vernon Parish context, not Fort Polk South figures
These are Vernon Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Polk South measurements.
- Establishments in Vernon Parish662
- Employment at those establishments, Vernon Parish8,355
- Covered employment, Vernon Parish12,826
- Average annual pay, Vernon Parish$48,821
- Average weekly wage, Vernon Parish$939
- Housing units permitted, Vernon Parish26
- Of those, single family, Vernon Parish26
- County product, 2024, Vernon Parish$2,698,392,000
- County product change over the prior year, Vernon Parish5.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Vernon Parish$47,433
Every figure in this section is published for Vernon Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Polk South. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median owner-occupied home value is published for this place.
- 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
Fort Polk South questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Polk South, Louisiana?
7,869, in 2,238 households. Fort Polk South CDP covers 6.14 square miles of land, which is 1,281 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Polk South in?
Vernon 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 Fort Polk South?
$63,800. Median gross rent is $1,202 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Polk South figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Vernon 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 Fort Polk South.
Is zoning published for Fort Polk South?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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