What is the population of Gonzales city?

Gonzales city has 12,748 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #39 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Gonzales city?

Median household income in Gonzales city is $66,152 a year, 15.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gonzales city?

Median gross rent is $1,550 a month and the median home value is $212,800, so rent absorbs about 28.1% of median household income.

Is Gonzales city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gonzales city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Gonzales, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gonzales, Louisiana (Gonzales, LA — Census place “Gonzales city”) is 12,748 residents, ranking #39 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $66,152, the median home is worth $212,800 and median gross rent runs $1,550 a month. Looking for the Gonzales Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gonzales, LA: 70737.

Population: 12,748Gonzales city residents
Median household income: $66,152Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $212,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,550Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.7%Owner-occupied households

Gonzales ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gonzales.

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

70737

What the numbers mean in Gonzales city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gonzales city median would spend about 28.1% 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 11.3% of residents and 68.7% of households own their home.

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

Gonzales city, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gonzales city is a mid-size town in Louisiana, with 12,748 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #39 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 41.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Gonzales city earn a median of $66,152 a year, 15.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% 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 11.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gonzales city is valued at $212,800, 29.9% below the national figure and 23% above the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,550 a month, 10.2% above the national figure, or roughly $18,600 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.1% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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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What is the population of Gonzales city?: Gonzales city has 12,748 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #39 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Gonzales city?: Median household income in Gonzales city is $66,152 a year, 15.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gonzales city?: Median gross rent is $1,550 a month and the median home value is $212,800, so rent absorbs about 28.1% of median household income.
Is Gonzales city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gonzales city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gonzales city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.