What is the population of Jennings city?

Jennings city has 9,679 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #60 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Jennings city?

Median household income in Jennings city is $45,194 a year, 42.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $861 a month and the median home value is $140,800, so rent absorbs about 22.9% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Jennings city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Jennings, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Jennings, Louisiana (Jennings, LA — Census place “Jennings city”) is 9,679 residents, ranking #60 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $45,194, the median home is worth $140,800 and median gross rent runs $861 a month. Looking for the Jennings Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Jennings, LA: 70546.

Population: 9,679Jennings city residents
Median household income: $45,194Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $140,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $861Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.1%Owner-occupied households

Jennings ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Jennings.

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

70546

What the numbers mean in Jennings city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Jennings city median would spend about 22.9% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.1% of residents and 64.1% of households own their home.

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

Jennings city, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Jennings city is a mid-size town in Louisiana, with 9,679 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #60 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Jennings city earn a median of $45,194 a year, 42.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 20.1% 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 Jennings city is valued at $140,800, 53.6% below the national figure and 19% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $861 a month, 38.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,332 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.9% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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

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What is the population of Jennings city?: Jennings city has 9,679 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #60 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Jennings city?: Median household income in Jennings city is $45,194 a year, 42.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Jennings city?: Median gross rent is $861 a month and the median home value is $140,800, so rent absorbs about 22.9% of median household income.
Is Jennings city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Jennings city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Jennings 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.