What is the population of New Iberia city?

New Iberia city has 27,926 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #17 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in New Iberia city?

Median household income in New Iberia city is $50,802 a year, 35.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $878 a month and the median home value is $150,300, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.

Is New Iberia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so New Iberia city 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.

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New Iberia, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of New Iberia, Louisiana (New Iberia, LA — Census place “New Iberia city”) is 27,926 residents, ranking #17 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $50,802, the median home is worth $150,300 and median gross rent runs $878 a month. Looking for the New Iberia Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve New Iberia, LA: 70560.

Population: 27,926New Iberia city residents
Median household income: $50,802Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $150,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $878Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51%Owner-occupied households

New Iberia ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps New Iberia.

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

70560

What the numbers mean in New Iberia city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the New Iberia city 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.6% of residents and 51% of households own their home.

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

New Iberia city, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

New Iberia city is a small city in Louisiana, with 27,926 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #17 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 35.4 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 New Iberia city earn a median of $50,802 a year, 35.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% 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 26.6% 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 New Iberia city is valued at $150,300, 50.5% below the national figure and 13% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $878 a month, 37.6% below the national figure, or roughly $10,536 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 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51% 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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What is the population of New Iberia city?: New Iberia city has 27,926 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #17 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in New Iberia city?: Median household income in New Iberia city is $50,802 a year, 35.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in New Iberia city?: Median gross rent is $878 a month and the median home value is $150,300, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.
Is New Iberia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so New Iberia city 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 New Iberia 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.