What is the population of Kaplan city?

Kaplan city has 4,271 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #121 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Kaplan city?

Median household income in Kaplan city is $36,578 a year, 53.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $782 a month and the median home value is $153,800, so rent absorbs about 25.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kaplan city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Louisiana · Census place 39055

Kaplan, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kaplan, Louisiana (Kaplan, LA — Census place “Kaplan city”) is 4,271 residents, ranking #121 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $36,578, the median home is worth $153,800 and median gross rent runs $782 a month. Looking for the Kaplan Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kaplan, LA: 70548.

Population: 4,271Kaplan city residents
Median household income: $36,578Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $153,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $782Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.7%Owner-occupied households

Kaplan ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kaplan.

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

70548

What the numbers mean in Kaplan city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kaplan city median would spend about 25.7% 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. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 34.9% of residents and 60.7% of households own their home.

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

Kaplan city, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kaplan city is a small town in Louisiana, with 4,271 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #121 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 39.9 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 Kaplan city earn a median of $36,578 a year, 53.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 34.9% 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 Kaplan city is valued at $153,800, 49.3% below the national figure and 11% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $782 a month, 44.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,384 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.7% 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 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60.7% 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 Kaplan city?: Kaplan city has 4,271 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #121 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Kaplan city?: Median household income in Kaplan city is $36,578 a year, 53.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kaplan city?: Median gross rent is $782 a month and the median home value is $153,800, so rent absorbs about 25.7% of median household income.
Is Kaplan city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kaplan city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kaplan city 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.