What is the population of Arcadia town?

Arcadia town has 2,682 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #159 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Arcadia town?

Median household income in Arcadia town is $35,303 a year, 55% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Arcadia town?

Median gross rent is $711 a month and the median home value is $87,100, so rent absorbs about 24.2% of median household income.

Is Arcadia town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Arcadia town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Arcadia, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Arcadia, Louisiana (Arcadia, LA — Census place “Arcadia town”) is 2,682 residents, ranking #159 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $35,303, the median home is worth $87,100 and median gross rent runs $711 a month. Looking for the Arcadia Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Arcadia, LA: 71001.

Population: 2,682Arcadia town residents
Median household income: $35,303Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $87,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $711Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.2%Owner-occupied households

Arcadia ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Arcadia.

The Arcadia LA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

71001

What the numbers mean in Arcadia town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Arcadia town median would spend about 24.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 38.6% of residents and 57.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Arcadia town, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Arcadia town is a small town in Louisiana, with 2,682 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #159 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 41.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Arcadia town earn a median of $35,303 a year, 55% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% below the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 38.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Arcadia town is valued at $87,100, 71.3% below the national figure and 50% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $711 a month, 49.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,532 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Arcadia town?: Arcadia town has 2,682 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #159 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Arcadia town?: Median household income in Arcadia town is $35,303 a year, 55% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Arcadia town?: Median gross rent is $711 a month and the median home value is $87,100, so rent absorbs about 24.2% of median household income.
Is Arcadia town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Arcadia town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Arcadia town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.