
Louisiana · Census place 39755
Kinder, LA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Kinder, Louisiana (Kinder, LA — Census place “Kinder town”) is 2,361 residents, ranking #178 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $48,063, the median home is worth $108,300 and median gross rent runs $829 a month. Looking for the Kinder Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kinder, LA: 70648.
- Population
- 2,361Kinder town residents
- Median household income
- $48,063Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $108,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $829Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 54%Owner-occupied households
Kinder ZIP codes (Louisiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kinder.
The Kinder 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 Kinder town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Kinder town median would spend about 20.7% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27.4% of residents and 54% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Kinder town, LA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Kinder town is a small town in Louisiana, with 2,361 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #178 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 63% of them. The median age here is 32.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Kinder town earn a median of $48,063 a year, 38.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 27.4% 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 Kinder town is valued at $108,300, 64.3% below the national figure and 37% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $829 a month, 41% below the national figure, or roughly $9,948 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.7% 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 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 54% 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.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Louisiana.
- Woodworth town 2,352
- Maurice village 2,382
- Pierre Part CDP 2,333
- Bourg CDP 2,386
- New Llano town 2,303
- Stonewall town 2,394
- Port Barre town 2,292
- Poydras CDP 2,395
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Kinder town?
- Kinder town has 2,361 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #178 of 489 in Louisiana.
- What is the median household income in Kinder town?
- Median household income in Kinder town is $48,063 a year, 38.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kinder town?
- Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $108,300, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.
- Is Kinder town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kinder town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Kinder 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.