What is the population of Fordoche town?

Fordoche town has 1,010 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #273 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Fordoche town?

Median household income in Fordoche town is $62,788 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $677 a month and the median home value is $199,700, so rent absorbs about 12.9% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fordoche town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fordoche, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fordoche, Louisiana (Fordoche, LA — Census place “Fordoche town”) is 1,010 residents, ranking #273 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $62,788, the median home is worth $199,700 and median gross rent runs $677 a month. Looking for the Fordoche Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fordoche, LA: 70732.

Population: 1,010Fordoche town residents
Median household income: $62,788Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $199,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $677Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82.2%Owner-occupied households

Fordoche ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fordoche.

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

70732

What the numbers mean in Fordoche town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fordoche town median would spend about 12.9% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 82.2% of households own their home.

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

Fordoche town, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fordoche town is a small town in Louisiana, with 1,010 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #273 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 44% of them. The median age here is 45.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Fordoche town earn a median of $62,788 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% above 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 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fordoche town is valued at $199,700, 34.2% below the national figure and 15% above the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $677 a month, 51.8% below the national figure, or roughly $8,124 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 82.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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 Fordoche town?: Fordoche town has 1,010 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #273 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Fordoche town?: Median household income in Fordoche town is $62,788 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fordoche town?: Median gross rent is $677 a month and the median home value is $199,700, so rent absorbs about 12.9% of median household income.
Is Fordoche town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fordoche town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fordoche 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.