What is the population of Opelousas city?

Opelousas city has 15,662 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Opelousas city?

Median household income in Opelousas city is $36,260 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $734 a month and the median home value is $113,000, so rent absorbs about 24.3% of median household income.

Is Opelousas 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 Opelousas city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Opelousas, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Opelousas, Louisiana (Opelousas, LA — Census place “Opelousas city”) is 15,662 residents, ranking #32 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $36,260, the median home is worth $113,000 and median gross rent runs $734 a month. Looking for the Opelousas Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Opelousas, LA: 70570.

Population: 15,662Opelousas city residents
Median household income: $36,260Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $113,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $734Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.6%Owner-occupied households

Opelousas ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Opelousas.

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

70570

What the numbers mean in Opelousas city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Opelousas city median would spend about 24.3% 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 34% of residents and 50.6% of households own their home.

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

Opelousas city, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Opelousas city is a mid-size town in Louisiana, with 15,662 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #32 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 34.3 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 Opelousas city earn a median of $36,260 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% 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% 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 Opelousas city is valued at $113,000, 62.8% below the national figure and 35% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $734 a month, 47.8% below the national figure, or roughly $8,808 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.3% 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. 50.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Opelousas city?: Opelousas city has 15,662 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Opelousas city?: Median household income in Opelousas city is $36,260 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Opelousas city?: Median gross rent is $734 a month and the median home value is $113,000, so rent absorbs about 24.3% of median household income.
Is Opelousas 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 Opelousas city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Opelousas 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.