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Delhi, LA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Delhi, Louisiana (Delhi, LA — Census place “Delhi town”) is 2,593 residents, ranking #165 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $47,500, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $899 a month. Looking for the Delhi Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Delhi, LA: 71232.
- Population
- 2,593Delhi town residents
- Median household income
- $47,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $899Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 51.2%Owner-occupied households
Delhi ZIP codes (Louisiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Delhi.
The Delhi LA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Delhi town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Delhi town median would spend about 22.7% 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. Poverty affects 30.8% of residents and 51.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Delhi town, LA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Delhi town is a small town in Louisiana, with 2,593 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #165 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 41.5 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 Delhi town earn a median of $47,500 a year, 39.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 30.8% 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 Delhi town is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $899 a month, 36.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,788 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. 51.2% 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.
The Census withheld home value for Delhi town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Louisiana.
- Brusly town 2,592
- Lake Arthur town 2,599
- Grand Point CDP 2,600
- Des Allemands CDP 2,565
- Pearl River town 2,614
- Chauvin CDP 2,531
- Bawcomville CDP 2,635
- Lafourche Crossing CDP 2,439
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Delhi town?
- Delhi town has 2,593 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #165 of 489 in Louisiana.
- What is the median household income in Delhi town?
- Median household income in Delhi town is $47,500 a year, 39.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Delhi town?
- Median gross rent is $899 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 22.7% of median household income.
- Is Delhi town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Delhi town to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Delhi 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.